design board flannel or felt?
#21
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I got my felt at a local specialty fabric shop called Seattle Fabrics, but I know that Joann has wide bolts of felt too. You can also use batting king sized.
I've actually done a side by side experiment of my synthetic felt and a cotton, heavy duty flannel. They have equal holding powers. Neither does well with blocks with a lot of seams and bulk but both hold basic blocks just fine.
I've actually done a side by side experiment of my synthetic felt and a cotton, heavy duty flannel. They have equal holding powers. Neither does well with blocks with a lot of seams and bulk but both hold basic blocks just fine.
#22
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Valley of the sun, AZ
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I got my felt at a local specialty fabric shop called Seattle Fabrics, but I know that Joann has wide bolts of felt too. You can also use batting king sized.
I've actually done a side by side experiment of my synthetic felt and a cotton, heavy duty flannel. They have equal holding powers. Neither does well with blocks with a lot of seams and bulk but both hold basic blocks just fine.
I've actually done a side by side experiment of my synthetic felt and a cotton, heavy duty flannel. They have equal holding powers. Neither does well with blocks with a lot of seams and bulk but both hold basic blocks just fine.
#24
I just put up an old piece of flannel tacked to the wall in my sewing room. I am piecing a queen size Charming Addition and a design wall is a must with that one. So far the flannel has worked just fine.
#26
Never even considered washing my design "wall". I do go after it with a clothes brush now and again because of the little threads and fabric detritus that ends up sticking on the board. Works wonderfully and leaves my wall just like new! I would go for the best deal felt or flannel and the color you like best, white or cream.
#27
Heaven! I wish I had read something like this before I made my design wall. I used green insulation board, covered in felt, and then added a layer of batting. Six months latter I find myself standing and picking threads off the batting like we are a pair of monkeys grooming.
Gotta go now, I have to go take off a useless, and thread filled, layer of batting!
Gotta go now, I have to go take off a useless, and thread filled, layer of batting!
#28
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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I have always used flannel. When you wash it, blocks will just stick to it. I don't think that felt would have the same type of magnetic qualities that flannel has. Buy your flannel when JAF has the flannel on sale. Pick a good quality of flannel.
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