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Old October 11th 05, 04:19 PM
Kathy Applebaum
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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.

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Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
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Old October 11th 05, 04:32 PM
Bonnie NJ
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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!

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Bonnie
NJ
"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message
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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 ,
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Old October 11th 05, 05:38 PM
Betty in Wi
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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
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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 ,
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Old October 12th 05, 04:17 AM
Adella
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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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Old October 12th 05, 12:20 PM
Nann Hilyard
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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
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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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