There are lots of easy ways to baste a quilt and you have to try them all to find the one that saves time and is easy for you to do. I use the basting spray on smaller quilts. I rarely use safety pins and if I do I have the snap covers on them and use the Kiwk tool to open and close them. I found the tool works much better then a spoon Some I let the longarmer baste them for me. Some I put on my QSnap frame and thread baste. I use the Pinmores the most because it makes basting much faster and any straight pin can be used.