Okay here is a way to get it smooth. I rolled the last quilt I basted. I rolled the top the batting and the backing separately. I then unrolled each and smoothed it as I went. I did have to redo the backing once. Only because it wrinkled a little. I have had much better luck this way then folding and smoothing. I am off to the store to get large dowels to put batting on to do the rolling method all the time! I will think about doing a tutorial on this. Luann in CT