One of the most helpful tools in a quilter's studio is the Design Wall.
With a design wall, you no longer need to clear large amounts of floor space to lay out your quilt blocks, hoping your family or pets don't step on them. Instead, your quilt blocks gets the special treatment they deserve!
I love having a design wall to help me determine layout, to make sure everything is right where I want it before I sew everything together. It's so helpful to be able to step back and evaluate placement at eye level.
But how do you make a design wall?
It is so quick and simple! Let me take you inside my studio and share how easily I made mine.
A great design wall makes such a difference!
All you'll need is:
- Foam Insulation board from your local hardware or big box store
- Batting or Flannel, enough to wrap your board
- Duct tape
- Nails to hang your board (optional)
Soon you'll be able to step back and admire your quilts!
I'd love to hear from you! Do you have a Design Wall? What do you love about it?
P.S. If you're eyeing the quilts on my design wall and wondering how to make them, you can get access to my Portrait Quilting workshop inside Meander. Learn how here.
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I agree that having a design wall makes a huge difference! I made my design wall by hanging a piece of flannel-backed tablecloth on my wall with Command hooks. Very simple!
I purchased fleece on sale. I made a header and ran a piece of conduit piping threw it and hung it on the wall on hooks. It is easy to take down and wash when it get dirty. (I live in a very dusty provenience.) I am able to pin or stick things to the fleece. I find it is better then flannel or batting more gripping.
I tack a fannel back tablecloth for my design wall. Doris
I always wondered how these details could work to make such a prized picture
I rearranged my sewing room about a year and a half ago to accommodate a design wall! I used 32” x 40” foamcore boards from a big box craft store. I have 6 of them so total size is 96” wide by 80” tall – I covered them individually with flannel and then put them up with Command strips for large pictures (the velcro ones) – it worked great and I didn’t have to drill into my old plaster walls!