I use a cheap flannel backed plastic table cloth. If I am making a wall hanging then I hang it to put on my peices. If quilt it is to be on a bed then I lay it on a bed or table and put on the peices. You can then roll it up to move or store. Fabric does not move or fall off. I was taught that you should "hang" the quilt to set peices as to how it will be used. Lay flat if to be used as bedding or hang if to be wall hanging. Either way give you a different visual of the finished quilt.