Make Your Own Quilt Design Board

We then added screw hooks to the top of the board.

Make your own quilt design board.

I actually put it on my birthday wish list. So let s get started. This diy design board can be. With just a simple piece of canvas and regular quilting batting you can create make a design for all your creativity needs.

I started your kriss kross quilt for my sister s baby shower and just ended up using scotch tape to place my blocks up in my living room. Quilt block design board hack tutorial. I ve been wanting to share this tutorial for a long time. Design walls are available commercially but it s easy to make an inexpensive portable or permanent quilt design wall.

This easy quilting project takes less than 5 minutes to complete and is incredibly cheap for any quilter to make. The lightweight board can be nailed to a wall or you can slide it under the bed when you re ready to take a break from your design. You could also put one in the middle if you like. Layout your fabric swatches blocks and patterns before quilting by learning how to make your own design board.

When i m working on a smaller quilt i can opt to just use one of the boards. Lori holt teaches us how to make a design board step by step. Here are two 4 x 8 design boards which create a great workspace when placed side by side. We just hand screwed them in and they hooked over the nails in the wall.

We measured the board and then about 10 inches from each end we drilled masonry screws into the wall at that measurement. Also each board easily comes off. Easily preview layouts with a quilt design wall a vertical display area allows you to step back and view the work from a distance. This will help you securely transfer your fabric blocks without the worry of misplacing them.

How we attached the quilt design board to the wall. You will need 1 2 yard of 100 cotton batting to make 2 18 inch design boards or it can make 1 18 inch design board and 1 10 inch design board. You may even find inspiration for. Use this board to organize all of your non traditional and scrap quilt patterns and finally free up your quilting space.

I noticed your design wall a couple of weeks ago and assumed it was something like a very large post it note made just for quilters. Many traditional barn quilts are eight foot squares but the space available on my barn wasn t quite so big. Bear in mind the size of the barn quilt you want to make when selecting your lumber.