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Foam board design wall questions
Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet
cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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I have one, but I nailed it to the wall. it isn't moveable. I used a twin
size flannel sheet to cover it and stapled it from the back side. Fabric sticks to it really well. I have had my feathered star center on it for almost six months --- has never fallen. Tricia http://photos.yahoo.com/momiixii "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message om... Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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Any problems with the staples coming out?
My "class size" foam core (24" x 30") has felt attached by staples, and the staples are always coming out. Of course, these get moved, and yours doesn't, which probably makes a world of difference. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply "A&T" wrote in message link.net... I have one, but I nailed it to the wall. it isn't moveable. I used a twin size flannel sheet to cover it and stapled it from the back side. Fabric sticks to it really well. I have had my feathered star center on it for almost six months --- has never fallen. Tricia http://photos.yahoo.com/momiixii "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message om... Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message om... Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? My contractor nailed some sort of insulation board the name of which now escapes me to the wall -- stuff weighed a ton. I stapled heavy weight white flannel on it which I did shrink before putting up. I now notice that it is stretching some and I am trying to decide whether to take it down or just put in more staples. Blocks will generally stay up without pins unless they have lots and lots of seams ... most everything else I just pin into the board. You can never have too much design wall -- I have two adjacent walls -- one is about 12 feet long and the other about 15 or 18 feet. Somehow they are always full of blocks, pinned up pictures for inspiration, small quilts that aren't finished and random other bits and pieces. The only "tip" I can offer is that every so often I climb up on the step ladder and stick a whole bunch of pins into the flannel/wall reaching up as high as I can. That way when I climb on the step ladder with a quilt to pin up at least there are plenty of pins up there to pin the quilt to. I think I need to get my hubby to rig up something better for hanging up quilt tops ... Ellen |
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:13:06 GMT, "Kathy Applebaum"
wrote: Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? I've never made one but I wonder if the foam board is going to be strong enough for the weight it will be holding. You might want to get some laving strips at Lowes or Home Depot to apply along the length of the back so the foam board doesn't fold from the weight. As to how to apply the batting I'd try one of those 3M brand spray adhesives first. Look for one that will work with fabric and paper, and that is permanent. I'd do a small test piece first too. Debra in VA |
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Would you believe - duct tape ;-)
-- Bonnie NJ "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message om... Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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How's it working? The suggestions I've read elsewhere have been duct tape,
spray adhesive, and white glue. I'm frantically trying to weigh the pros and cons, because I want to finish tonight, but unfortunately my brain is mush today. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply "Bonnie NJ" wrote in message nk.net... Would you believe - duct tape ;-) -- Bonnie NJ "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message om... Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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"Debra" wrote in message ... I've never made one but I wonder if the foam board is going to be strong enough for the weight it will be holding. You should have seen us standing up each thickness on end, poking it, wiggling it, moving it, just to see if it would work. If the big box store we were in actually had any employees with any motivation, I'm sure they would have been right over to find out what the heck we were doing! LOL In the end, I settled on the 1" thick board. For $8 a sheet, it was worth a shot. But I will keep the idea about the lathing strips in mind. Might make it more stable for moving, which will help the blocks stay on better. Thanks! -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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Kathy:
Yep, I've got the foam insulation board for my design wall ... two boards attached firmly to wall. I used 100% cottomn flannelette because for some reason I had yards and yards of it. It 'sticks' real well. It is snow white. If I was buying especially for this I might go with an off white instead. Also, I would (should!) line it with an old white sheet, as the aqua color of the board shows thru a bit. How did I attach? I just folded the top edge neatly about 1" and stapled to the board. Smoothed down and did same across the bottom. Edges are selvages and are just overlapped a couple inches. BTW: we cut out the opening for the electric socket, then I just cut the fabric and stapled back. HTH. PAT in VA/USA Kathy Applebaum wrote: Well, I'm finally getting more done in the new sewing room. (Fabric closet cleaned, caulked, and painted; shelving 90% installed.) Now I'm working on design wall options. It occurred to me that I need multiple moveable massive design walls. (I was going to say "large", but the alliteration struck my fancy. *grin*) To that end, I've obtained six 4x8 sheets of foam insulation board, and even found a way to get them home intact. I'd used poly craft felt for design wall at my old house, and wasn't thrilled with how fabric pieces stuck to it, or rather, didn't stick to it. I'm thinking batting for the foam board -- affordable, easy to get, fabric will stick to it, and it's available 96" wide. My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? |
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"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message om... My question is, has anyone used the foam insulation board for design wall, and if you have, how did you attach your covering? My design wall is made with 4 sheets of foam insulation board (I think they are 24" wide each). I duct taped the 4 pieces to one another and I duct taped around the edges to keep them from breaking. Then I put 108" wide flannel over the whole thing face down on the ground and duct taped the whole piece all around the edges in the back. I folded the corners like gift wrapping and duct taped over those. DH mounted the whole massive thing to the wall by putting a thin pine board at the top, the middle and the bottom of the wall (screwed into place) but before he mounted these boards to the wall, he put screws in the boards sticking out. Then he put the design wall up (with holes drilled in it in the spots where the screws would be) and put washers and nuts over them to hold it securely up to the wall. If this doesn't make sense I can try to explain it a different way. Tracey in CT |
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