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#31
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,413
I have tried them all. First, a flannel-backed tablecloth. It did not work well at all, nothing stuck to it and it was too small. Then I tried a flannel sheet, then flannel yardage. The blocks would fall off if someone walked by, or if you just looked at it. Not sticky at all. Then I put up some W&N batting, and that stuff works great! I simply tacked the batting onto the wall.
#32
I just put up a 7'x7' design wall by covering styrofoam insulation boards with warm and natural batting. It works great and I love the way it grabs and holds the fabric on it. The flannel I used to use sometimes didn't hold some fabrics well and they would fall off.
#35
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Roodhouse, IL.
Posts: 367
#36
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 134
I stapled a red checkered, flannel backed tablecloth that I got on clearance for 50 cents to the wall of my sewing room. It works great and an added bonus is that the red shows through and serves as sort of a grid. If you don't want to staple your walls, you could staple a tablecloth to your frame. I find that if you are careful removing the staples, the tiny holes are not noticeable. I used a regular desktop stapler and it holds fine.
#37
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I use batting - when it gets too many strings I just use it up in a dark quilt! I have a row of nails that hang the batting from with binder clips, and then I tape the sides and bottom down with painter's tape. All very temporary and can be rolled up and stashed away (with work-in-progress still attached) if need be.
It works great until my big lumbering lummox of a dog comes by and wipes out half my blocks with her tail. Now I pin anything that's about waist-high or lower, LOL.
It works great until my big lumbering lummox of a dog comes by and wipes out half my blocks with her tail. Now I pin anything that's about waist-high or lower, LOL.
#38
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: AZ and CT
Posts: 4,898
I made the mistake of buying one of those miraculous design cloths, and it didn't work very long. Shortly after it quit working, I was spray basting a quilt and it dawned on me that the spray adhesive might work on a design wall - AND IT DOES! It lasts and lasts, too. And it doesn't leave adhesive goo on your blocks. I sprayed it on the offending miracle cloth, because it was the right size, but you could use anything that's the right size for you. Mine hangs on a dowel held up by large hooks.
#39
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 329
I have a huge flannel backed tablecloth hung on the wall. Have had a queen size log cabin (still in blocks) on it for several days and it held very well.
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