Hi, I use my kitchen table and let the extra part just hand over like a tablecloth. I smooth and pin the center and work my way out in each direction. Then I most it and start getting the rest of it pinned in sections. O the first think I do is lay down the backing and smooth, smooth smooth. Next the batting and smooth, smooth, smooth. Last the quilt itself and again
smooth, smooth, smooth. I use safety pins and keep smoothing as I pin. Grace