Rose Marie

Ive been using Fons and Porters flannel one, that cost about twenty dollars, for years and it works fine. Could have made one cheaper but that's no fun.

Chaney Ranch

Thank all of you for the responses! I have both on hand, so I guess I'll just play with both and see which works best for me. That's one thing I love about quilting...there's always more than one way to do anything!!!
Happy New Year!!!!!!

Snooze2978

I used leftover W & N. Occasionally I'll spray some quilting spray over the entire surface if my blocks fall off. About once a month I take the vacuum to it to get all the loose threads off or at least most of them.

dc989

This is what I used. Actually it is one of those pads you use under a tablecloth to protect your table and reduce noise, I think. Works very well and is cheap at Walmart. Having said that the only glitch was getting it flattened out and the fold lines smoothed down. I finally put it in my dryer with a fabric softener sheet which helped. You can't iron it, so hopefully it will keep relaxing with use.

RainydayQuilter

I have a cheap beige acrylic full size blanket from walmart ( was less than $10.00). When I bought it I thought it was worth a try and if it didn't work I'd donate the blanket. Several years later it still works great. It's attached to the wall with command hooks and binder clips.

wildyard

I too used the flannel tablecloths with the plastic against the wall. It works fantastically. I got mine for $1 each at the thrift store. I have had kaleidoscope blocks hanging on it for at least a month and they have not fallen off at all.

wildyard

If you toss it in the dryer just long enough to get it nice and hot, it will be flat and smooth if you then hang it on the wall right away.

MaureenT

Love this idea, and so reasonable!

oldtnquiltinglady

Mine is an old, flannel backed picnic cloth. Learned this in the first quilting lesson I took in 2002 or so, and it is still perfect for my use. At the time I had never even heard of a design wall, and now I have had one for over 10 years.

kayluvs2quilt

My design wall is a fleece blanket suspended from a curtain rod by shower clips. I do need to vacuum it every once in a while and heavy blocks get pinned.

I use a flannel backed tablecloth to take projects back and forth to our weekly meeting.