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Design wall report
I've been using my new design walls for a number of months now, so I figured
it's time for a report. For those who don't know / remember, when we moved into our new house in January I got my own sewing room and I decided it was time for some real design space. Since DH keeps making noises about how he wants to make another quilt, I knew I needed moveable design walls to keep him from hogging all my space. (It's mine! All mine! Bwa ha ha ha!!! *grin*) I settled on the foam insulation board available in 4' x 8' sheets at the home centers, covered with Hobbs 80/20 batting. (Hey, Ragmop, where's that made again?) I can pin into the boards if needed, but fabric stays up pretty darned good just slapped onto the batting. I bought six of the boards, but due to a bad knee injury, I've only been able to get three covered with batting. Two are along one wall and the third is on the adjacent wall, behind my ironing board. This gives me 12' x 8' of space to work with. Boy, has this been a joy! I'm actually sticking with projects and getting them FINISHED! My theory is that when I have all those pieces up on the design wall, it's easier to work on that project than it is to take them all down and put up another project. And because I can see how things are looking, I'm much happier with my projects, probably because I can make design changes early in the process because I can see when things are going wrong. And because the design wall is about three steps from my fabric stash, it's very easy to audition fabrics for those changes. Another factor in getting more projects finished is that because I can leave everything up on the design wall, it's easy to sew for 5 minutes before work. At the old house, where my sewing and stash was crammed into a small space, it took 5 minutes just to unearth my project. Now I can grab a piece, sew it, and slap it back up all before DH has found his shoes. Those five minutes add up fast. Life is good. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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Hi Kathy,
I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying your design wall. I too have come to rely on mine. It certainly does help make decisions easier when you can throw things on the wall to make choices. I'm not sure if I'm getting any more projects completed, but I am sure I've started more! -- Bonnie NJ "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message . .. I've been using my new design walls for a number of months now, so I figured it's time for a report. For those who don't know / remember, when we moved into our new house in January I got my own sewing room and I decided it was time for some real design space. Since DH keeps making noises about how he wants to make another quilt, I knew I needed moveable design walls to keep him from hogging all my space. (It's mine! All mine! Bwa ha ha ha!!! *grin*) I settled on the foam insulation board available in 4' x 8' sheets at the home centers, covered with Hobbs 80/20 batting. (Hey, Ragmop, where's that made again?) I can pin into the boards if needed, but fabric stays up pretty darned good just slapped onto the batting. I bought six of the boards, but due to a bad knee injury, I've only been able to get three covered with batting. Two are along one wall and the third is on the adjacent wall, behind my ironing board. This gives me 12' x 8' of space to work with. Boy, has this been a joy! I'm actually sticking with projects and getting them FINISHED! My theory is that when I have all those pieces up on the design wall, it's easier to work on that project than it is to take them all down and put up another project. And because I can see how things are looking, I'm much happier with my projects, probably because I can make design changes early in the process because I can see when things are going wrong. And because the design wall is about three steps from my fabric stash, it's very easy to audition fabrics for those changes. Another factor in getting more projects finished is that because I can leave everything up on the design wall, it's easy to sew for 5 minutes before work. At the old house, where my sewing and stash was crammed into a small space, it took 5 minutes just to unearth my project. Now I can grab a piece, sew it, and slap it back up all before DH has found his shoes. Those five minutes add up fast. Life is good. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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I've had several design walls....and wasn't satisfied with any of them. Then
I came up with the ultimate. I bought queen size flannel sheet (cream color and good quality). DH made a quilt hanger...the kind with two long boards clamped together with big screws. He hung it at the top of an empty wall in our family room...right outside my sewing room. I hung the sheet from it...hems at the top and bottom. Then bought some wooden dowels and ran through the bottom hem to keep it hanging straight and flat. It's great! I could take it down and hang a quilt if I wanted.....but it always has blocks hanging on it so it stays. Decorates the family room too. Betty in WI "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message . .. I've been using my new design walls for a number of months now, so I figured it's time for a report. For those who don't know / remember, when we moved into our new house in January I got my own sewing room and I decided it was time for some real design space. Since DH keeps making noises about how he wants to make another quilt, I knew I needed moveable design walls to keep him from hogging all my space. (It's mine! All mine! Bwa ha ha ha!!! *grin*) I settled on the foam insulation board available in 4' x 8' sheets at the home centers, covered with Hobbs 80/20 batting. (Hey, Ragmop, where's that made again?) I can pin into the boards if needed, but fabric stays up pretty darned good just slapped onto the batting. I bought six of the boards, but due to a bad knee injury, I've only been able to get three covered with batting. Two are along one wall and the third is on the adjacent wall, behind my ironing board. This gives me 12' x 8' of space to work with. Boy, has this been a joy! I'm actually sticking with projects and getting them FINISHED! My theory is that when I have all those pieces up on the design wall, it's easier to work on that project than it is to take them all down and put up another project. And because I can see how things are looking, I'm much happier with my projects, probably because I can make design changes early in the process because I can see when things are going wrong. And because the design wall is about three steps from my fabric stash, it's very easy to audition fabrics for those changes. Another factor in getting more projects finished is that because I can leave everything up on the design wall, it's easy to sew for 5 minutes before work. At the old house, where my sewing and stash was crammed into a small space, it took 5 minutes just to unearth my project. Now I can grab a piece, sew it, and slap it back up all before DH has found his shoes. Those five minutes add up fast. Life is good. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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Oh, my! I have never had a design wall to speak of...just a hunk of
flannel taped to the wall. Now I am making a larger quilt for my DD and needed more space to play around with the blocks. So I raided the linen closet, found a flannel sheet and pressed DH into service. He whacked the sheet up on the spare bedroom wall with a few brads and, voila!, I have a home-made, but workable design wall. If it falls down...well, I'll move on to Plan B! |
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I don't know how I managed without a design wall!
I have a piece of W&N -- full width x wall height -- tacked to the wall. Works just fine. Nann "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message . .. I've been using my new design walls for a number of months now, so I figured it's time for a report. For those who don't know / remember, when we moved into our new house in January I got my own sewing room and I decided it was time for some real design space. Since DH keeps making noises about how he wants to make another quilt, I knew I needed moveable design walls to keep him from hogging all my space. (It's mine! All mine! Bwa ha ha ha!!! *grin*) I settled on the foam insulation board available in 4' x 8' sheets at the home centers, covered with Hobbs 80/20 batting. (Hey, Ragmop, where's that made again?) I can pin into the boards if needed, but fabric stays up pretty darned good just slapped onto the batting. I bought six of the boards, but due to a bad knee injury, I've only been able to get three covered with batting. Two are along one wall and the third is on the adjacent wall, behind my ironing board. This gives me 12' x 8' of space to work with. Boy, has this been a joy! I'm actually sticking with projects and getting them FINISHED! My theory is that when I have all those pieces up on the design wall, it's easier to work on that project than it is to take them all down and put up another project. And because I can see how things are looking, I'm much happier with my projects, probably because I can make design changes early in the process because I can see when things are going wrong. And because the design wall is about three steps from my fabric stash, it's very easy to audition fabrics for those changes. Another factor in getting more projects finished is that because I can leave everything up on the design wall, it's easy to sew for 5 minutes before work. At the old house, where my sewing and stash was crammed into a small space, it took 5 minutes just to unearth my project. Now I can grab a piece, sew it, and slap it back up all before DH has found his shoes. Those five minutes add up fast. Life is good. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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