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Home / My Blog / Classes and workshops / ::Dual Roll-Up Design Walls Tutorial::

::Dual Roll-Up Design Walls Tutorial::

April 8, 2011 By Katie

A repost as promised for my Improv and Value Class students. Hope you all enjoy!

Little update to this post, the design wall with the grid is a Fons and Porter Design wall.

Surely none of you are like me and start another grand idea before the previous twenty are finished.  Design walls are as essential as fabric in my mind for designing a quilt.  Wall space is a limited commodity in this house and I needed a multiple design wall solution.  I finally got around to a simple fix.

Sew doubled up ribbon to the top of one design wall that has a laminate backing.  Place your project…work on it.  When you get bored with it, roll up that design wall and tie it with some pretty bows…

and easy-peazy move onto the project on the design wall beneath.  The laminate keeps everything from becoming muddled.

A laminate table cloth works great too and you can use Blair’s technique to make your own with gromments.  Jacquie has a tutorial for mounting gromets if that sounds intimidating.

How many of these do you think I can layer in the Livudio before my husband thinks I’ve totally lost it?

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  1. Megan says

    April 8, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    Fantastic idea. I love it. I need to do this for my tiny house!

  2. Nancy Stevens says

    April 8, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    LOVING those blocks, girlfriend!

  3. blair says

    April 8, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    Best idea I’ve heard in a long time! I am working on two completely different quilt projects these days, and I love the idea of being able to not see one while I’m working on the other. And I’ve got a wall to do it, yay!

    • Sew Katie Did says

      April 8, 2011 at 5:17 pm

      In that brilliant new studio!

  4. Amber says

    April 8, 2011 at 5:33 pm

    I need this…I have one wall in my bedroom that I use and this would be perfect! I love the “Livudio” name 🙂

    • Sew Katie Did says

      April 8, 2011 at 6:16 pm

      You could just make the house a “padded room.”

  5. julie says

    April 8, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    Katie
    what type of fabric did you use for your design wall that yo show in the picture.
    thanks julie

  6. liveacolorfullife says

    April 8, 2011 at 7:21 pm

    Yes, I have the same question as Julie above: where did you get that awesome gridded laminate?

    • Sew Katie Did says

      April 8, 2011 at 11:42 pm

      http://www.amazon.com/Fons-Porter-Instant-Design-Wall/dp/B0028U2II2

  7. Jessica says

    April 8, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Uhh . . . I really like that. So, is it just laminate? What is on the back of the laminate to make the fabric stick to it?

    • Sew Katie Did says

      April 8, 2011 at 11:41 pm

      It’s similar to a flannel. This one is a Fons and Porter design wall. I think Joann’s has them or just google it. Here’s one: http://www.amazon.com/Fons-Porter-Instant-Design-Wall/dp/B0028U2II2

  8. Jeanell says

    April 8, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    Katie,

    We found some half square triangle blocks on the floor after your class on Wed. They were at the end of the classroom where the sink is.

  9. connie says

    April 11, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    I love this idea – thanks so much

  10. erica k says

    April 11, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    So clever! I’m totally going to steal that idea! We had a family roomio 😀 then my lovely husband built me a room. Now if he’d just finish it…

  11. Aniza says

    April 12, 2011 at 4:03 am

    brilliant idea..is flannel better than just using a cotton batting as design wall?

    • Sew Katie Did says

      April 12, 2011 at 4:22 am

      either work great!

    • sewkatiedid says

      January 25, 2013 at 5:46 am

      it works just the same.

  12. Kari says

    January 25, 2013 at 12:27 am

    I have a tiny space and always have to peel one off the wall to grasp the next (I like to have quilts in all phases and twenty more n my head). This is perfect. I’m going to try to sneak it in one day while my husband is at work 🙂

    Thanks!

  13. sejwhite says

    March 19, 2015 at 10:55 am

    I’m late to this party having just discovered you and your blog Katie. I laughed and love your terms “livudio” and “garudio” and laughed even harder at this post – how many layers till they know we’re crazy?” We’re in the design phase for our garudio so I’m looking forward to going backward on your blog. I’m also thinking about your design wall ideas because, of course, I don’t already have enough “pills” – Projects in Limbo Land – going already. (Ha! I can do that word thing too!) Happy Day!

    • sewkatiedid says

      March 19, 2015 at 10:57 am

      Keep me posted on good ideas. I’m going for a whole padded room when it comes to design walls;)

  14. Quilting Tangent says

    October 3, 2016 at 11:51 am

    Great idea.

    • Katie says

      October 3, 2016 at 7:04 pm

      Thanks! It worked great in our old space;)

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