I am so excited! Hubby and I made a design wall for me this week. I have looked longingly at other bloggers' design walls, and now I have one! I no longer have any excuses for design screw ups!! (Haha...if that were only true...)
We took two 4x8 (as in 48in x 96in) 1 1/2 inch styrofoam insulation boards and a king-sized Dream-Poly batting (122in x 122 in). Each piece of styrofoam was covered with half of the batting (or a piece approximately 122in by 61in). We wrapped the batting around the edges of the styrofoam and taped it down on the back. The two boards, standing side by side measure 96in x 96in and can accommodate a queen-size quilt. I never plan to make anything bigger than that. If I am doing a baby quilt, I can just use one of the boards. They can be stored behind some cabinets I have in my sewing room.
Yes, I might do a couple of things differently if I made this again. First the styrofoam I bought was blue...only choice at our nearby lumber store. The blue color shows through the batting and so my design wall has a slight blue cast to it. If I ever to do this again, I will paint the styrofoam board either white or maybe even grey. The other thing I am not sure about is the batting. I debated about whether to use the poly batting or to use cotton batting (like Warm and Natural) or to use flannel. My blocks really stick nicely to the poly but I am not sure how this poly batting will fare when the humidity of summer hits it. So stay tuned on that one.
PS I have a long way to go on my photography skills. :o(
5 comments:
I love it! I'm trying to picture where that is in the room... Have you gotten to use it much yet?
Oh, I know where that is. I love the fabric you have up on it, too.
I think the Dream Poly batting should work well. Some fabrics don't seem to stick well to flannel which I use. I have used cotton batting which is OK but I also had a poly needlepunched batting on a small board and it worked well.
What a great wall!!!
Have fun designing!
That's a serious design wall. Love it!!! Hope it will give you lots of joy using it! Thank you for your nice visit and kind comment...
; )
Marit
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