Design board
 

I am using a sheet of thick six foot insulation board and am going to cover it with flannel. i was wondering what would be the most economical thing to use? Flannel sheets? Flannel material? Flannel tablecloth? Is there anything else that couldl be used? Thanks and happy sewing!!

I would use a inexpensive flannel-backed tablecloth (you can find them at Wal-Mart) I used felt on mine and it doesn't hold the fabric on it like I would prefer.

Ditto that. The flannel backed tablecloth works great. My material never falls off and it's so inexpensive (that's fancy for cheap!).

Our Dollar Store and Dollar Tree sells flannel backed tablecloths!

Here is a site that tells how to use insulation board for a design wall:

http://www.ohfranson.com/oh_fransso...sign-wall.html

It is a good tutorial for a design wall.

I used black polar fleece for my design wall .... less costly than the flannelette would have been, wider to work with, and after three years of use, I haven't regretted it one little bit!

I have fleece on mine works great (sent my DH to Walmart to buy flannel he came back with the fleece)

I put the Fons & Porter design wall on mine. I love the grid and works really good.

I used the cheap batting from WalMart. Perfect size and everything sticks to it. I also used a 4x8 sheet of sound board.

My 8' x 8' design wall is also covered in flannel....from a bolt of white bought on sale for the middle (batting) of summer quilts and also used for a few of the quilts we sent to the Barracks Quilts Project in 2010-11. The flannel-backed tablecloths I've seen were just not large enough for my use.

Jan in VA