Here's Sharon Shamber's no taping on the floor way of basting that makes lots of sense to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA (Maybe someone else has posted this. I don't have time to read all the posts.) I like using my big floor frame that allows me to stretch out the whole backing and layer everything on top of it without basting, but I would use Sharon Schamber's method if I needed to baste.