Portable design wall for quilting

My sewing room is small and, sadly, I don’t have room for much in the way of a design wall on an actual wall. Instead, I mostly use a porta...

This week's Technique Tuesday details how you can create a simple, inexpensive, portable design wall for you studio and taking to workshops and retreats.

One of the students in last weekend's class brought along her new portable design wall. Liza made it herself using a tri-fold science project board, white flannel on the front side, and red "duct" tape to finish the edges. Talk about simply awesome . . . And what a great example of students teaching their teachers something new. * * * And before you go, I hope you'll take an extra minute or two to check out what one of the women I follow on Instagram just made - click here to visit the BUILD…

How to make a design wall from insulation board

I had wanted to get a portable design wall to take to retreats but did not want to pay the price. Looked at various pins on pinterest and took ideas …

Isn’t this a wonderful portable design wall? It was designed and constructed for Lindi Kuritz of Green Bay WI by her very clever husband Jay...

In our old digs my design wall was limited to ONE. Now with the studio I have my own padded room;) I had one wall space left that I was told needed a bumper to protect the wall from ambitious pressers yielding an iron;) I also had two smaller pieces of cut insulation board that...Read More »

I had wanted to get a portable design wall to take to retreats but did not want to pay the price. Looked at various pins on pin...

I made a design wall for my sewing room, and I am so happy with how it works! I know there are several design wall ideas out there, some are good for portable projects (think flannel backed tablecloths that can be rolled up and packed away quilt blocks and all). I am working in my temporary sewing room while my new workshop is under construction. This space is small, without a lot of wall space, so I needed a semi-portable design wall that I could move around the room. It also needed to be…

Thanks to lots of innovative people on the QuiltArt list and elsewhere, I’ve constructed a new portable design wall for the studio. With all the wonderful under-eave storage we had installed …