I'm curious how other board members do theirs too. I put the quilt backing on the floor, put the batting on the backing, put the quilt top on the batting, always smoothing out each piece. Then I'm gently crawling around it putting the safety pins in. I use the curved ones so I think it goes a little faster, but large quilts (like yours) take quite a while to pin. Muscles and bones are stiff and sore afterwards!