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02-12-2019, 10:14 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
i don't have a wall in any practical spot to put a design wall for anything bigger than a baby quilt.
instead, i suspended an 8-foot metal closet pole from the ceiling in my sewing space.
-two decorative hooks with dry-wall wings, then hung pose using dirt-cheap shower curtain rings.
bought a queen-size sheet, which hangs from the pole using more dirt-cheap shower curtain rings.
i also hung a strong binder clip from each of the "sheet rings", which will hold a finished quilt.
the whole thing hangs just in front of my stacks of fabric/notion storage drawers.
i pin my blocks to the sheet as the design grows.
when i want it out of the way so i can fish around in the drawers, i just push it all to the side.
if i ever need it completely out of the way i can take the whole thing off the pole and fold it up.
instead, i suspended an 8-foot metal closet pole from the ceiling in my sewing space.
-two decorative hooks with dry-wall wings, then hung pose using dirt-cheap shower curtain rings.
bought a queen-size sheet, which hangs from the pole using more dirt-cheap shower curtain rings.
i also hung a strong binder clip from each of the "sheet rings", which will hold a finished quilt.
the whole thing hangs just in front of my stacks of fabric/notion storage drawers.
i pin my blocks to the sheet as the design grows.
when i want it out of the way so i can fish around in the drawers, i just push it all to the side.
if i ever need it completely out of the way i can take the whole thing off the pole and fold it up.
02-12-2019, 10:50 PM
#43
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,835
I used a gray flannel from Jo Ann's. I covered 2 4' x 8' panels of insulation board. At first, I joined them together and sewed the flannel together to make 1 piece to cover the joined boards. I had it propped up in front of my bookcases of my stash. But I found it too awkward to move it when I wanted to get at my fabric, so I took the seam out and untaped the panels. I then wrapped each one separately, covered them with the flannel, and propped them up next to each other. This works really well for me now.
Leslie
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02-13-2019, 07:01 AM
#45
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,724
Originally Posted by audsgirl
............This works really well for me now.
We each need to remember what works for one, does not necessarily work for others.
....for design walls, and most anything in life!
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