I dilute glue 50-50 with water. I then do a thin grid line. If I need extra hold for some reason on a quilt I will use glue full strength and smear (spread) it around with my hand. The trick to using this glue is do not put it on in globs. There is no need to. This glue will hold everything together when you let it dry. I have been sandwiching my quilt with glue for years. I even glue my binding on with glue before stitching it down. I don't like using pins on my quilts because no matter how hard I try to get all the pins out of my quilt I have found every once and awhile a stray pin. So if use use glue and no pins you don't have that problem. Wash your quilt after it is finished, the glue just washes away.