Here's the tute I posted awhile back on basting with boards. In my tute I thread basted, but these days I almost always use 505 spray instead with the same over all method:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...mq-t91013.html
I originally got this idea from a Sharon Schamber youtube video, but the one thing I do differently is that I have covered my boards with flannel so that the fabric kind of sticks to them and does not slide around at all. I really LIKE basting this way; hope this is what you were looking for!