Design Walls

I finally finished my new design walls last week. I had only a piece of flannel pinned to the wall and when I needed a large quilt hung it was difficult to hold and the pins were ruining the paper underneath. I use my design wall to arrange and work off from when sewing pieces together. So I decided to purchase insulation board. After cutting to the correct size I taped the edges and then sprayed the writing so it would not show through. I used 2 layers of batting. The First layer I glued well and the second one was less as I figured it would not move. Then I covered with flannel (108") and hot glued it to the back. The first one is approx 7'x4' and the larger 7'x7' with a corner cut out as I live in an old house with dormer windows. I would lay in bed at night wondering 'how' I was going to handle a 7x7' and do it all in one piece. I removed my sewing machine and superquilter off from the long tables and arranged my cutting table which are almost the same height and placed the 2 sheets side by side. The final thing was putting the flannel on so I just bent the 3' piece over onto the 4' piece after putting the batting on and pinned and glued....Sound easy!!! it was cumbersome, but doable. The next question, how were we (hubby and I) going to tack it to the wall. I wanted it so it was easy to remove if I decided to. We took large metal washers and screwed them at the corners. Perfect!!! What you see on the wall are things in progress... Judy Laquidara BOM and this and that. I know there are several ways to do this but I would do this again as it worked very well and I am pleased with the result.

I seem to be living such a fast paced life that today I went outside this afternoon and took some pictures after cleaning my kitchen and bath. Saturday, it was cleaning the living room and bedroom and shampooing the rugs. I look at my schedule and it is so full that I am stressing, I feel overwhelmed at times. My office/study and quilt room are upstairs and provide a place of refuge for me. Our bedroom is down stairs (hubby never wanted to have to climb stairs). These two rooms are my sanctuary where I can de-stress...read, study, check my email....quilt a little. I work 2 days a week and with all the quilt groups and events going on it fills your calendar quick. Wednesday of this week Alex Anderson will be in the area for an all day meeting which is sponsored by Cote's of Lewiston. A group of us girls will be going and I am sure it will be a wonderful time to glean.
Need to quilt a little and then make supper for hubby and I.