Polar Fleece for Design Wall
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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I have a maybe 76 x 60 Inch fleece design wall that I have used for probably 17 years. I have no clue if it is polar fleece though. You could just have a piece of cotton fabric and see if it stays on. Good luck!
#3
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
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I've tried all the things people talk about (fleece, flannel, flannel-backed tablecloths, you name it) and found the stickiest was W&N batting. Even my 100-pound black lab's tail wagging couldn't knock my blocks off, and I can even get full-size, fully assembled quilt tops to stick without pins.
#5
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I've tried all the things people talk about (fleece, flannel, flannel-backed tablecloths, you name it) and found the stickiest was W&N batting. Even my 100-pound black lab's tail wagging couldn't knock my blocks off, and I can even get full-size, fully assembled quilt tops to stick without pins.
#6
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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When I decided it was time for a design wall, I tried all sorts of options, taping them to the wall.
My end decision was that the fleece held the fabric better and easier, than any of the others.
And with No Pins!!! That was important to me.
I put the piece of fabric or block or quilt on, and give it a slight pat to hold in place.
I have even hung fully assembled quilt tops, without any pins!
Though I do usually put a few in if I am leaving it there for any length of time ...... Just.In.Case!
If the fleece gets littered with threads, I just take a lint brush and swipe it off.
Not a brush ... one of those ones that one direction it picks up the lint, and the other wipes it off.
A bonus of fleece ... extra wide.
(yes, other options are wide too)
My largest and permanent design wall is 10x7-1/2ft covered with black fleece.
Another semi-permanent has white fleece, about 6x7-1/2ft.
Then several portables from 4x2ft down to 12" square!
As for it being polar fleece?? ... I really do not know how to tell the difference of fleece types.
QuilterGeek ... if you have any other questions, ask away as I am happy to share!
I know not everyone agrees with using fleece, but these are my experiences.
As you can tell, I am more than pleased ..... and wonder how I ever quilted without them.
Last edited by QuiltE; 04-02-2019 at 04:32 PM.
#7
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
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My batting has been on the wall for about 4-5 years, no slump at all. I've never had the need to wash it. To remove strings and threads, I brush it with a rubber pet brush.
#9
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Mine is Malden Mills, I'm pretty sure. It's the thick (1/4") kind, and it looks like it has a layer in the middle, with kind if brushlike pile on one side and thinner on the other. It's on the wall thin side up, and stuff sticks really well.
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