NJ Quilter

I'm with Jan in VA. This is the same method/process I use - just a different sized table. I have one of the craft-type tables that Joanns sells but mine came from elsewhere. I have done from wall hanging to kings on this table. I have both thread basted and pin basted any of those sizes (though I prefer thread basting the monsters - less weight while I'm quilting).

I, too, hand quilt and, like Jan in VA, that can take some time when doing queen and king sized quilts. No shifting issues at all.

katier825

I do mostly large lap size. My boards are 6 ft. I need to get some 8 ft (96 inches) so I can fit the larger ones I'm working on. I used inexpensive flannel to cover mine.

Forgot to mention that I do mine with spray baste this way...not hand basting.

ManiacQuilter2

I have quilted dozens of queen and NEVER got down on the floor. I would go to my LQS which had the ordinary banquet tables (with the folding legs) in their classroom. I would call ahead to see when the classroom wasn't being used. It was always enjoyable to spend the day at my LQS.

lclang

Forget hand basting. Use Elmer's washable school glue, cheap, and it works very well. Libraries, churches, quilt shops, and meeting rooms usually have large tables you could probably use without cost. Line them up to make whatever size you need.

Wanabee Quiltin

I never get on the floor, would kill my knees. I use a table and move the fabric over. I bought a QuilTac thing but have decided to either have a long armer baste it for me or keep on using the QuilTac.

pjnesler

Do you have more info on how you do this? Thanks!

madamekelly

I have been using Sharon Schamber's method, with Elmer's glue basting. It works great, and no problems sewing through the glue. Since I 'discovered' Elmer's, basting is a breeze.

carolynjo

I use 2 ironing boards and a sheet of thin plywood. I trim the wood to the size I want, usually48", and lay it on my 2 ironing boards adjusted to the height I want. (I have covered the board with fabric.) I start in the middle as Jan suggests and work my way across, move down, and work my way across. I also thread about a dozen needles before I start so I don't have to rethread so often. I work my way down and then work from the center up on the other side. I can walk around the ironing board and it is comfortable to use. I could never get on the floor.

MarleneC

I have a hard time finding tables wide enough or long enough to baste/pin a queen sized quilt--I have checked libraries, might be able to use tables at senior center, even Subway and not had much luck. I have used my cutting table and using a Craftsy video suggestion I tape chop sticks in the center of the sides and the ends of the table so that I can fold my layers of backing/batting/top and following the crease lines match up the center of the quilt to those "bumps" and using my bulldog office clamps I secure it to the table. Then when I've got that area pinned/basted I move the quilt so that another area can be pinned/basted. No floor basting/pinning for me.

WMUTeach

Ditto to QuiltnNan. My quilt quilt meets in a library and when we have a work day, I pull out several tables side by side and do my layering on the tables rather than the floor. This "technique" is catching on because well.... we are all maturing and crawling on the floor is not always the best way for get the job done. I have done the same at my church and even in one of the empty classrooms at the university where I work. Shhhhhhh What happens at night or on the week-ends in those empty rooms is a secret!