I bought a 6' folding leg table from Office Depot with a top thin enough to use the large binder clips. I tape large closed safety pins to the center of the table and the center of all four edges. You start your back with the center of the back (I iron the back so I can find the center of all for sides and the middle), use the clips to hold it in place. Fold the batting into fourths, lay centered and unfold, then the top same way. The taped safety pins are thick enough to feel through the layers so you keep you 3 layers lined up correctly. Pin baste the entire table top, then unclip and move the entire sandwich to one edge until the entire quilt is pinned. You can only clamp the back on the edge not already pinned at this point. The weighed of the pinned portion is usually enough to keep it taught. (That's not the right spelling ) I do king-sized quilts this way and can sit at my table, listen to a book on tape and pin away. Very soothing!