Make Your Own Quilt Design Wall

I ve been so excited for this guest post from christa watson of christa quilts a quilt design wall is one of my favorite features in my sewing room.

Make your own quilt design wall.

It is such a great tool for laying out a quilt without having to use your floor especially if you have pets or small children who think it s a really fun game to walk right through your project and you can leave your work on the design wall. A quilt design wall is basically a blank space on the wall where you can project your quilty brain. Using an empty wall in your house as a design wall. If the wall is made from anything more rigid than drywall pins will usually break.

The foam insulation board actually consists of a 1 2 piece of foam with a paper layer on both sides. I like the idea of the flannel backed table cloth tacked to the wall but have read that as you assemble the quilt you may have trouble getting the larger heavier pieces to stick to the flannel especially if the table cloth has been laundered many times. I want to create a design wall preferably from materials i already have on hand. This tutorial will show you how to make your own design wall for about 25 or less.

You can use it for aaaanything like arranging fabrics comparing colors organizing finished quilt blocks so many steps of the quilting process can benefit from a design wall. You can use a typical wall to preview quilts but be prepared to attach pieces with lots of straight pins heavier push pins will leave holes in the fabric and the wall. Nine ways to make your own quilt design wall. I bought this at home depot for 12.

One sheet of foam insulation board.