I bought a quiltin gun, the grid to go under the quilt and all the little plastic plastic "pins". Looks like the old "buttonaire" but a lot smaller. You go thru a lot of "pins" but it's worth it. Place the grid under your quitl and tape the quilt down. I use painters tape so there is no residue. You can move the grid around from the top of the quilt and the point of the gun never hits the surface under the quilt. Took me a little over 1 hour to pin a double size quilt and you just cut the "pins" out in the area you are about to quilt. Hope this is understandable.