Using felt for a design wall
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I used black polar fleece ... nice and wide and low cost. Holds things great.
I have put fully pieced quilts that I've smoothed onto it and left for weeks, without any pins!
Mine is 10ft x 7-1/2ft and it's been up for two years now. I've never regretted it and now Ican't imagine sewing without it and wonder how I did anything before!
I have put fully pieced quilts that I've smoothed onto it and left for weeks, without any pins!
Mine is 10ft x 7-1/2ft and it's been up for two years now. I've never regretted it and now Ican't imagine sewing without it and wonder how I did anything before!
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construction glue (often called liquid nails, but that is a brand name, there are others) goes into a caulking gun and you kind of make a 'blob' about an inch across.... sort of 'candy kiss' size... then you just push the foam onto the blobs (mine were about 2 feet apart in a big grid..... when you need to take it off, you pop off what you can with a putty knife and then maybe need to sand a bit... but not much if any at all.... the spray glue can be trickier....spray too heavy and it will melt the foam...hold can back about a foot and move quickly so not too much goes in one spot.... just a light film is all that's needed anyway... i just sprayed about a 2 ft area, applied the felt, and then peeled back loose felt and sprayed a bit more....spray and spread...repeat....
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Mary Jo's in Gastonia NC sells oil cloth backed with ???? and sells it by the yard. I'm making a sampler with about 8 different fabrics. I have 12 sampler blocks so am making one at a time, hang them on the design wall. That way, I can make sure I don't use the same color too many times and have too many other colors as I get closer to the number of blocks I want. It also helps me to make each sample block a little different. The design wall is great for being able to see what I've done already.
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Mine is the same thing. I have actually used double stick tape and adhered the foam board to a piece of peg board so it has support. Then I covered the whole thing with wide felt and my husband attached it to the wall. Mine is a more permanent design wall in my quilting studio. I have never had any problem with the felt and it looks so much better than batting or plain flannel.
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I first considered the portability of styrofoam, then thought, where was I going to put the stuff out of the way, and besides, would I ever take it down? I was fortunate to have a long wall that I could dedicate to a design wall. I've never regretted it, and more so, wonder how I ever did anything without it. It often holds more than one project .... and even a solo block from some of my PhDs as a reminder to return to them!
I used 4'x8' tentest boards wrapped with black polar fleece, held in place with the staple gun on the backside. Then screwed the boards onto the wall side by side.
I used 4'x8' tentest boards wrapped with black polar fleece, held in place with the staple gun on the backside. Then screwed the boards onto the wall side by side.
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