Does your DH think you need something to stick pins into? The whole idea of
the design wall (mine's a big piece of felt stuff from Keepsake Quilting,
tacked over wood panelling) is that you can just smooth your blocks onto it
and they stick. Easy to move around until you get the design just right. I'm
not opposed to cork, of course, but make sure there's a way to cover it with
the clingy material of your choice.
Roberta in D

"Sunny" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Thank you all, you have given me many excellent ideas to chew on. My DH
has suggested putting cork on the wall.... what do any of you think of
this? (Obviously, I wouldn't be taking it anywhere, LOL). Anyways, I'm
gonna sit back and read all these ideas carefully, ask DH to take a
look, and make my list. It may be a few weeks before I get my room all
squared away, but it will be grand and I will have a design wall. BG
BTW, did I tell you I'm getting my own room???
Sunny

On Jan 26, 11:04 pm, "TwinMom" wrote:
Here's another idea for you to ponder. You know those kinda cheap roll-up
bamboo matchstick shades - think Pier One or Cost Plus if there is one
near
you. Anyway, wait for a sale or use a coupon to get the best price. What
you
are really after is those tough, strong, lightweight top & bottom bamboo
poles (pre-drilled mind you) and all the pulley hardware!! If you
carefully
unscrew and remove the pulley hardware & pulley string, you can then cut
the
upper & lower threads to get rid of the interior "matchstick" material.
(It's kinda heavy also.) Save it for another project if you'd like, maybe
a
floor covering. Once the inner shade is removed, you can replace it with
a
nice quality flannel sheet. Simply thread the poles through the top and
bottom hems of the sheet, poke the little holes in the top area for the
hardware to re-attach at the top pole, rethread the pulley string and
waa-laa, you have a flannel roll-up shade!!! It's extremely portable and
lightweight. I take mine to retreats with WIP's still attached, simply
hang,
unroll and go. BTW - buy the shade the correct width for the size of
sheet
you are using, ignore the length because it will end up being the length
of
your flannel. Sounds like a "duh", but it almost tripped me up once in
making one.

Lorraine in La Center