The gals in the quilt guild borrow the tables at the local park centers and push them together. You lay out the backing with the wrong side up and tape or clamp the backing down. Then smooth out the batting and lastly the top. Clamp all together making sure you don't wrinkle the layers. Then either baste or pin the top from the center out about a hands width between the stitch or pin. Release the quilt and then it is ready to quilt. Quilt from the inside out and smooth as you go to avoid wrinkles. The quilt nees good support on the left side to help it sew/move easier.
There are whole books written on the quilting process. There is more than one way to do everything and what works for some people doesn't for others. You just need to find which way is best for you.
There was a suggestion for smaller quilts to hang them up on your design board and pin the layers that way. I have tried it and it works pretty dang good if you start from the top down being careful that the layers stay alligned.
Last edited by RedGarnet222; 09-02-2012 at 11:16 AM.