Now that I'm back home and quilting again, my LA friend is going to be seeing me a lot. When she does the bigger quilts for me, I don't baste them. She just puts them in her frame and goes for it. And they are always so nicely done. I'm in the middle of some QFK's that are small enough I do them myself (the basting and quilting). But I still don't like that basting step much.