There seems to be enough interest in “What’s on Your Design Wall?” posts for Mondays. Here’s how I’m hoping it will work:
- A post containing a link box will be made on Mondays.
- Please leave a link to your direct post, not to your main blog.
- The next Monday, another post with a link box will be added.
- When you make the post on your blog, please tell us what happened with the blocks/rows, whatever . . that were on your blog last week. You may even want to include a link back to your post from last week so readers can easily click back and forth.
- Your photo doesn’t have to be taken on Sunday or Monday. Any time during the week you have a good shot of blocks on your design wall, take it. You can also post it on your blog any day of the week but please remember to link up with us on Mondays.
- No one should feel like they HAVE to participate.
- We all work at different speeds and have different amounts of free time per day so this shouldn’t make anyone feel like they’re “racing” against others.
- Your “design wall” can be a typical design wall, a floor, a bed, a dining table . . whatever works for you.
For those who do not have a design wall, there are many ways to create a design wall, some very simple, some very elaborate.
Here’s mine:
We have painted drywall/sheetrock in my sewing area. Using push pins, I tacked up thick poly batting. Over that, I tacked two lengths of regular width flannel. When it’s time to take it down, I’ll use a Q-tip dipped in paint and fill in the tiny holes and no one will ever know it was there.
When I didn’t have wall space for a permanent setup, I used something like this:
This can be put up over a doorway or bookshelves . . anywhere you can find room; and then taken down when needed. When I was using this temporary type setup, I took extra wide flannel, ran a huge meander quilting stitch to attach it to fluffy batting, serged the edges, made a sleeve and slipped it through the pole. If I had to take it down while a quilt was in progress, I’d just pin the blogs to the flannel, take it all down, roll it up and when I was able to put it up again, I was ready to go.
Another temporary fix is the flannel backed table cloths. You can use 3M Painter’s Tape (only use 3M brand though! <G>) Stick it to a wall with the flannel side facing out and you can also take it down when needed, roll everything up in there and have everything in place when you’re ready to sew again. This is what I do when traveling . . works in motel rooms, cabins, anywhere you can find a space.
I’m excited about this! It really helps me with the accountability.
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thanks Judy for the ideas for a design wall, I have a long length of wall in my dining room that would be perfect. May see if I can buy some flannel tonight.
Great ideas for creating a desing wall! Thank you.
ok. we’ll see how it goes!
I used a big sheet of insulation that I got at the hardware store for less than $5.00. I covered that with some extra warm & natural that I had. The insulation is very light weight and leans against the wall – it’s 8×4. Since it’s so light I can slide it from side to side to move it to another place.
Oh, yes, another great idea. I used that for a long time too. Great idea . . thanks for sharing.
What’s on my design wall? That would imply that I have one. But that has been rectified. Last night I bought a package of 3M mini hooks and a 52 x 70 flannel backed vinyl tablecloth. I put the hooks up on my unused fireplace, and made 5 1″ vertical button holes across the top. After reading this post, I found another blog where she used the table cloth and button holes — but I think she had nails in her walls. I’m still avoiding nails since I painted last July.
Love seeing you all buying those 3M products!
See how easy it is to make something that will work when you think hard enough about it. I hope all of you coming up with your own design walls are thrilled with them.
Here’s a link to the post about the design wall I put together. The blocks are from a swap and I’m still expecting more.
http://knitnoid.blogspot.com/2009/05/whats-on-my-design-wall.html
Like the tablecloth idea – I have one entire wall in my office/schoolroom/sewing room that is covered with mirrors. I think the 3M mini hooks will work perfectly – and I can just buttonhole a tablecloth – perfect. It’ll be nice to be able to see what I’m working on instead of going through multiple boxes.
I have a tablecloth but have not tried to hang it yet. My sewing room is in a bonus room over the garage which means that I have 4 feet of wall and the rest is angled up to the ceiling. So right now I’m using the bed in the guest room as my design wall.
I also have a piece of foam board that I have covered with muslin. It is only 3′ X 5′ though, so I can’t get an entire quilt on that.
I know it’s early and not all set up yet…but this is my trial run…
I took a picture this morning and decided to see if i could figure out how
to send a link to a blog entry…after 2 hours i think i finely have it.
so here is my design wall as this morning
http://granfrysquiltingchaos.blogspot.com/2009/05/whats-on-my-design-wallmay-29-2008.html
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