Enter handyman, stage right.
I dragged HRH (Her Royal Handyman) to Bunnings (local hardware megastore) - and by dragged, imagine the general amount of dragging it takes to get a man to a hardware store, the football, or liquorland - and the engineering mind clicked into action. Before I knew it, we had 3 pieces of MDF, some heavy duty 'fabric' tape (it's used to hold bumpers on cars so is pretty strong), a piece of wood and a little hanger thingy. I had already bought 3m of white felt in a Spotlight sale, so all up, about $36.
I zigzagged the two pieces of felt together, taped the boards together, with a slight gap so they fold, and hunted for a staple gun without success, so out came the Bear tape again.
Then, much as I'm a liberated woman, I don't understand the drill thing. So it was over to HRH who made a bit of noise, used about 27 drill bits (from what I could see) and baffled me with man-magic. Next thing I knew, this was on the wall:
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8 comments:
WTG HRH, can he come here next? The engineering doesn't defeat me, and neither does the drill, but drilling into these walls? Let me put it this way, last time it took two of us (one male) behind the drill to get each of those suckers in! I've got a good start already, I have the batting covered insulating material (bending at the join in the middle, but we won't mention that...)
Looks good! Great job!
Great design wall, fantastic blocks!
Great job! I just made myself a small design board tonight! Being a teacher I had easy access to a wall stapler! Next time ask a school to borrow theirs!
I've been meaning to make one of these all summer. I was going to use batting, but felt would work better. I need to watch for a sale.
PS I freaking love your De Stijl blocks. Jealous that I am too impatient to even try doing this.
Hurray!
Glad you were able to con a capable handy man to help you. The start of your artwork quilt is looking very promising, and I imagine this design wall will get a very good workout.
Also loved yhe pic of the dogs overseeing everything
Oh my - I really like the example blocks you have on your new design wall. Great to see a sturdy one - thanks for sharing that!
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