Design Wall...how to?

[Bratbear]

I use the backside of a flannel lined vinyl table cloth.
Teri

[Iris Girl]

I use a piece of polar fleece with a pocket on top and a 3 section dowel hanging over my washer and dryer on command hooks. The dowel is in 3 sections so it can come down fold in 2 foot section and get rolled up when not in use.
Fabric sticks to it very well

[KathyCrofoot]

My contractor friend came in and installed my design wall: 2 4' x 8' Sheets of 1/2" foam insulation that I covered with flannel purchased at Joanns for something like $1/yard ( great sale!). I bought 10 yards of the off-white flannel. The left-over pieces are also covered with flannel in various other places around my quilting room (behind the ironing board and next to the cutting table).

My "studio" (creativity zone) is in the basement and the ceiling is very low - about 6'. So the design wall goes from the ceiling to the top of the baseboard heaters along a 12' stretch of wall.



It's the only place in the whole house that has that much wall space except the living room behind the sofa and hubby put his foot down against that idea.

[QuiltingRN]

Mine , my husband built. We used foam board, covered in warm and natural batting and put a frame around it. It covers one whole wall, floor to ceiling in my quilt room. I Love it.

[calicokat]

Add me to the list of folks using big sheets of Foam board (from Lowe's) with light batting pinned around it. Mine isn't even mounted to the wall, just leaning - that gives me some flexibility to lie it on the floor if I need another angle/perspective. I pin right into it, since it's about an inch thick.

~kat

[momtutor]

I have a homemade one, my DH helped me make. We had some folded insulation boards, he cut it the size I need and I covered it with white fleece bought at Joann's. It is great because I can fold it when not using and it stores in my sewing room next to my door and cutting table. Then when i need it I can pull it out and change the size according to what I need. It works and it only cost me about 6 dollars, b/c we already had the board.

[pcbatiks]

I think this is the video that shows how Patsy sets up her spray basting wall.

Free Motion Quilting, Beginner Tutorial 2 (of 4) "Spray Basting Wall" - YouTube

[Breezed]

Sometimes I also use a flannel lined vinyl tablecloth as a design wall. I don't spray baste on it because I have to keep it folded up and I don't want to wash it that often. I have seen Patsy Thompson's video several times and I wish I had the wall space in my craft room for something like that.

[Simply Quilting]

I am using 1/2" PVC pipe to make a frame then using felt for the pieces to be laid on. The nice part is it can be dismantled and stored easily.

[KathyG4]

I too have the Fons and Porter with the command hooks. I just got a 2nd one for Christmas as sometimes it just wasn't wide enough for queen/king quilt pieces. I need to empty a couple of projects in boxes to be able to get to the wall to use it - imagine that!