Tag: Design Wall

Design Wall Cleaning

I love the design wall in my studio!!

It is made from sheets of insulation board, covered with a layer of batting and a cream colored flannel. I wrote a post about building my previous one and you can check it out here if you are interested…..

There’s a light at the end of the hallway

The biggest problem is that it COLLECTS fabric bits and threads and gets dirty very quickly.

This problem gets even worse when you are making a scrap quilt!!

Here is one small section……

I have tried many methods to clean the board but have found that the easiest and best is to use a lint roller…..

It happily picks up all of those loose threads and fabric bits and I can dispose of them without any mess….

And look…..now it is ready for the next quilt!!

And since the summer’s theme is “SCRAP QUILTS”, you can bet that it will be messy again in no time!!

Keep coming back and see what messes it up next!!

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Next step for the studio…..

As you might guess, in the last few months I have spent a lot of time scanning the internet for ideas about how to organize my studio. Somewhere along the way, I saw the idea of having a small rolling cart that can be used when at the design wall.

In my previous set up, there simply wasn’t room to have this, but with the more open space of my new studio, I decided that I would give it a try.

A quick trip to Amazon yielded the cart of my dreams……

The shelves are approximately 16×13 and it is 34 inches high.

The top shelf will hold a simple pin cushion to hold the pins that I use on the design wall and any blocks or other fabrics that are needed close at hand when I am laying something out…..

I am a bit in limbo about what exactly will fit into the second shelf, but I feel sure that I will find a good use for it.

The bottom shelf holds a small step stool…….

Even though I am fairly tall, I have found that this really helps when I am trying to pin up a large quilt…..

This is how I am envisioning the cart working……

It seems so much easier to have all of the pins right beside me rather than having to stretch here and there to find one, especially when I am trying to hold several blocks in place at one time!!! I also love that it is so easy to move between areas of the design wall, and the sleek design means that it is easily stored and out of the way when not needed.

It will be interesting to see if this is as useful as I think that it will be!!! I will keep you updated……