I use pins, straight pins with foam on the ends, the boards and thread basting, spray basting and fusible batting and I have ended up with little tucks with any method. I think it's just me. The fusible batting i used on a purse and it took forever- can't imagine how long it would take to fuse a whole quilt! I will try the glue method next and see how well I do with that. I will also try starching more too, because that does help, i didnt do it enough! One thing I do know- little tucks become virtually invisible after washing.