Planning a quilt design.
 

Stumbled upon a great way to plan out my quilt design.........I grabbed the heavy clear plastic cover off our dining room table and put that on top of my quilt top and used dry erasers to draw and plan my design. The heavy quality of the plastic meant it laid beautifully and firmly on top of the quilt top while I was doodling and the dry erasers/whiteboard markers wiped off easily with a rag once I had finished. The plastic topper went back onto the dining table and "all was good in my world"!

Great idea. Rock on.

We had a guest speaker at our guild once who spent some time before the meeting going over flimsies people brought in and giving ideas what one could do, using just your DSM. She used pieces of table cloth plastic, and suggested one should put a coloured tape at the edges so you didn't end up going right off the plastic and on to your quilt top. It was really effective to see the ideas she had - first drawn on the plastic as it over laid the quilt top, then when held up on the wall to see the designs more clearly.

Okay, where did you get the plastic topper? I think I will look at Joannes, seems like I remember this sort of thing coming on a roll like home dec fabrics do. Great idea, thanks for mentioning it!!

I've purchased plastic from WalMart for this purpose. They have several different grades of plastic on rolls.

I've done just that to audition quilt designs.
It's a great way to give a design a try for sure!

Good suggestion, GemRM to use the green painters tape at the edge,
to minimize the risk of drawing on one's quilt.

As a Caution .......when using the dry erase markers and wiping them off from the plastic.
....... there is a certain amount of "dust" left when you wipe off the design from the plastic, and it can sit on top, or that you can wipe off onto your quilt, if you take broad strokes. Plus, when you move the plastic, the dust can fall on top of your quilt, if you do not take care. You definitely do not want that embedding itself onto your quilt.

So just keep that in mind, and you won't have a problem.

Brilliant idea.....

Great idea. I have drawn on paper and pinned it on-but you can't see through it. I know you can buy this product at Hobby Lobby in the home dec section. New,nice idea. I think I will have to try it. This is always an area of challenge for me.

clear vinyl comes in different thicknesses. Don't get the thinnest one, you need to move it around a lot so it needs to be able to stand up to the use.

I use a clear vinyl shower curtain