Wow, so many great suggestions from experience! I love this board! I was taught Harriet Hargrave's method and consider her book, "Heirloom Machine Quilting" to be the Bible of machine quilting. Not only do I like her method of basting the sandwich, which I've used for king-sized quilts, but I like her method of binding. I will definitely try the starch for the backing and I'm going to watch this video that sounds facinating. I have a 3x6 foot table with folding legs that we use for basting quilts (the edges are thin enough for the large binding clips) and for cutting fabric.