I need to set up a design wall. What has everyone found works best?

Cheapest is a cheap vinyl table cloth from big lots. It can be hung over a door. It can be rolled up with the project inside.....transporting is easy It can be mounted to boards with staples. place the fuzzy side to the outside. your pieces will stick to the back fuzzy side. $3.00 or so

Do a search and there are many great ideas. I use the flannel back of cheap plastic table cloth.

Wonderful idea!!! Thanks

I've gone the vinyl tablecloth route. I have it push-pinned to the wall.

2 -glannel backed table cloths stuck pinned to the bottom of the guest bed which is tied UP to the wall when no company is using it. The room is a dual purpose room.

That's my plan. I bought 2 so I could sew them together for larger projects. Closing in on needing to use them but haven't yet. I'm hoping everyone here is right about this plan!

I too use a flannel backed vinyl table cloth...I got mine at the dollar tree. :)

Cream colored fleece attached to the wall with Velcro - on side sticky, one side sew on. It goes up and down easily. Blocks adhere well to the fleece.

Ditto that. I have several, actually, layered on top of each other on the basement wall with different projects. I just roll and tie up the table cloths with ribbon to the one I want to work on :thumbup: I did have 4 going, but got the Matching Game done, so now it's just Bug Jars, Fruit Jars, and Candy Jars.

Cheap flannel backed table cloths from the dollar store. I have 2 hanging side by side. Easy to change out when needed.

Mine is a piece of insulating sheeting (with the pink panther on the back) from Lowe's, with batting duct taped on it. I cut it down a bit and it leans against my closet door. I am very happy with it. Let me see if I can find a picture of it.

Okay, found two...

I used fleece as well. I made it different to my wall, but the fleece like flannel holds most blocks well. :)

Fleece, flannel, or flannel backed tablecloth work equally as well.

Ditto insulation - 4'x8'x2" covered with flannel sheeting

I like a tri fold kids science project board that I covered in felt. It's not large, but they're cheap to make. :)

Mine are insulation board covered with batting. I tried the vinyl tablecloth method, then flannel, but just like batting the best.

I'm planning to use the insulation sheet. I've found the back of a vinyl table cloth works well for blocks, but I'd also like to be able to pin a quilt up for photography.

I have an old kingsize poly mattress pad that I was going to donate to good will. A lightbulb went on & I hung it on the wall to use. Blocks still pretty well, but for anything larger I just stick a pin in the corners.

Yup - same here, and love it. If I need to I can pin blocks to it.

I bought flannel backed vinyl at Joann's. To hang, since I am using concrete block wall in my basement. I put up adhesive hangers, clipped on some bulldog clips, and that was it. It is a little longer than I need, so i simply rolled up the bottom, can unroll to catch overspray when I sandwich my projects. If I am not sing it, I can just roll it up andput it away !!! In fact I've hung two of them. for overspray, but can put one away if working on smaller stuff.

On my way to Dollar Tree for a flannel backed table cloth. Had been using my bed but it is not near sewing machine and silly me, couldn't always remember what I was doing by the time I picked up the fabric, detoured by kitchen to get Diet Coke, looked out the window, find glasses, and sat down to sew......Will put table cloth on floor in sewing room, which is also known as the living room, and am excited about being able to roll it up with project when tired.....Thanks for all of your great ideas !

Using a rare 50% off coupon I bought a 'Fons and Porter' Design Wall that is similiar to a Vinyl Tablecloth. It is marked with 2 inch squares and lines marking the center. I can hang it or put it away when not in use. It has grommits to hang by so it's easily removed when not in use. It was about $12.00 with the coupon and worth every cent. Wish I had gotten it sooner.

I just put one up on my wall. Very easy and holds the material you place on it. I used Command poster strips to hold them to the wall. Very easy and doesn't damage the wall at all.
BTW, Bed Bath and Beyond has vinyl tablecloths on sale (at least at my store) for $4.

I just got one and was disappointed in how the small 6 inch blocks didn't stay where I put them. Can't imagine what would happen with larger blocks. I'm returning it and going to the insulation board covered with batting. Last year I just used batting hanging from a rod and that worked but since I've rearranged my sewing room I making something more permanent. Hope to have it done yet today!

Wide gray felt that I bought years ago, pinned to the wall. Also have a large folding pressing board with flannel on the back which a friend got for me wholesale. They are about the same as far as holding on to blocks goes. The vinyl, flannel-backed cloth sounds good for portability. Think I've got one somewhere :), must hunt it out.

OK, y'all I've been thinking about making one on a spare wall. what kind of batting should I use? I'll just pin it right to the wall.

I don't have much wall space in my sewing room (set in an attic eave. So my design wall is a piece of 2" foam insulation board, right from Lowe's, I covered it with cotton batting, masking taped at the back. it stands against a dresser, I move it from there to my sewing area, where I grab a piece and sew as I go. I also put a piece of carboard cut to fit a king sized flannel pillow case to do lay out blocks, and bring that to my sewing area.

Sorry yours didn't work. I haven't had any trouble with mine. I've used big blocks on mine and they stayed right where I put them. The only time I have any trouble at all is when I put an entire quilt up and then I just put a couple clothes pins at the top to hold it up.

I have a queen sized flat flannel sheet push pinned to my wall. I've used it for years and years. I can pin right to it if I need to or it just hangs on to whatever pieces I'm working on. I think I bought it on clearance somewhere for less than $5.

This is what I use. My house has many windows so I don't have a blank wall I could put a tablecloth on. It is very lightweight and I put it in the garage when I am not using it. I do like others ideas for flannel backed table clothes.

My son and daughter in law bought me a king size flannel sheet. It was put on a wall that was perfect for the size and stays there, it has beenv a great pin up wall for me.

Some have mentioned using a projector screen because it can be pulled up and down. I don't use one. I lay everything on a bed and stand back and look at it.

I saw a great idea in some of my searches. Uses an old school retractable wall map. Glue thin flannel onto the map and mount on the wall. It is out of the way when not needed. Been looking a thrift shops to purchase one for myself.

I was lucky enough to get an office fabric covered room divider from freecycle

Bought foam sheeting from Menards, then white flannel 108" from Nancy's Notion, (online). Taped with duct tape. My husband helped me so I could get it very tight and smooth. works great

I found an old large piece of polyester batting that I had stashed away years ago. It works great tacked to my wall. And I feel good about using something I saved from years ago!

I really don't have a wall or door to use so I bought a spring loaded curtan rod & pinned a piece of poly batting on it & put it inside the door frame of a double closet with the doors closed in my sewing room. Hope that is clear??

Mine is a permanent 4'x6' wall- 1 sheet of insulation glued to a piece of plywood screwed into the wall. I cut the sheet of insulation about an inch bigger than the board which allowed me to wrap batting around and tack from the back. Looks great and cost about $30. The only caution is to use very fine pins so the insulation won't crumble. Actually, it works so well that I rarely use pins anyway!

I bought two insulation boards at the local hardware store and then duct taped the two of them together so could double my size to 8x8. Then I used cotton batting to hang on it with 505 glue spray so can be removed when it shifts a bit. I have had the batting on it for over 5 years and it still is attached and nicely shaped. I think with it being attached with the 505, it stays nicely. I pin and can just set blocks on and they stay. I pin because when you blow by or a breeze from window comes in, they will fall off. When done with, it folds nicely and store away behind sofa or in garage. It could even slide under a full size bed if that is what you have.