Beach Bum Quilter

Paint - There is an area in the hall where the wall height is higher, so I'll lean it against that.

Nammie to 7

Mine is made of foam core and covered with headliner fabric. Size is 4 feet x 8 feet. I have two. One is always upright in my sewing room and used for individual blocks, pictures, etc, the other is used in the family room when I a whole quilt to lay out. Unfortunately my cats LOVE the design walls for climbing. One climbs the wall in the sewing room and sleeps on the top. When I get the other one out they all come running as they think it is play time. Once they have that out of their system I can use it to preview the layout.

P-BurgKay

I love my design board. I made out of 2 4' X 8' sheets of 1 1/2 inch foam board, from lumber yard. My husband cut them both down to 6 1/2' in height, as my basement ceiling is only 7' high. I taped them together on one side with package striping tape. Then I covered them with a large piece of flannel and pinned the flannel to the foam board (this is construction foam insulation). Where I taped the two pieces together, I can fold them in half, thus taking up 4' of wall space, except when I am using it. I can also stand it in the middle of the room, as when I open it, I leave in the a very shallow V, and it will stand alone by itself. I really love it.

Scraplady

I got one of those project display boards that kids for school and glued a piece of felt to it. I bought mine at Office Max, I think, for about five bucks. Next one I make will have cotton flannel. I don't think stuff sticks to the acrylic felt as well. It's great because it folds up and out of the way and I can tote it to classes if I ever get to take any more. My dream sewing room would have an entire wall dedicated as a design wall, with one of those old-timey library ladders that slides back and forth.

Tracy Delegal

So, felt doesn't stick as well as fleece? What are ya'lls opinion on that?

Are there any pictures here of design walls? Or can you ladies post pics of yours? I even tried a search and this thread doesn't even show up!

JENNR8R

I got three large stiff pieces of cardboard from Costco and taped a yard of white flannel to the top. I carry it around where ever I want to use it. Occasionally, I'll wash the flannel.

teddysmom

I bought a plastic/flannel backed table cloth. Attach to any wall with the hooks, etc of your choice. Put it up when needed, take it down when not needed. Works great!

sparkys_mom

This makes me laugh this morning. I currently have one of the foam insulation boards on my wall. I had it cut in two at Home Depot, covered it in flannel and stuck it on the wall. I also use the flannel back of a vinyl table cloth. I hang that with the command strips in front of a closet. That is up right now, too. Unfortunately, I had to get into the closet yesterday and half my squares fell off and had to be put back on. The top on the wall (with the dog) is too big for either of these so I went back to Home Depot last night. I bought three foam boards and had them cut off 24" from each. I now have 3 boards that are 24x72" and I will cover those in flannel and leave them freestanding (no real choice about that) and I will lean them against a wall when I need them ... and I will need them for the dog quilt. I also plan to cover at least one of the 24x24 pieces that were cut off for a small design board that I can use for smaller tasks. These will just have to be enough. I'm running myself out of house and home looking for places to lay out quilts. The bed is out of the question as the dog will get on it and my dining room table is too small.

ladydukes

I had been wanting/needing a design board for years. I admit, I take way too much time to finally decide how I want to do something (I call it being anal). Finally, I just dove in and purchased two 4x8 sheets of pink insulation board and yards and yards of flannel. I sewed the flannel together because it was not quite as wide as my 4x8 sheets. My neighbor came over and helped me spray the foam board with adhesive, then we stretched and glued the flannel pieces to the boards. When I need both boards together (making a queen or king size quilt), I use florist pins to hold the two boards together. If I don't need the design wall out, I can stack them together in my fabric storage closet up against a wall. I have a queen size quilt on it now. Being short, I use a ladder or step-stool to get to the top of it to pin blocks on it.

jamsbuying

I love my design wall. Hubby and I made it using two pieces of 4x8 insulation board, covered in white flannel and attached to wall. I need to 'redo' it really, because I can faintly see through the flannel the blue insulation board :-). I was so excited to get it up I just ignored that and never mentioned it to him. One day...