Originally Posted by jellicocat

I'm new to this forum. I haven't done it in awhile but I used to do spoon basting for large quilts. Tape the back of the quilt to the floor (has to be one that pins either won't bother or you don't care), next put on the batting then the top. From the top use your needle to go through the 3 layers and holding a spoon where you want the needle to come out you push the needle into the spoon and the needle pops back up to the top of the quilt. I start basting in the middle of the quilt and go outward. When I was taught this I was told it was an old traditional method of basting. I then use a hoop to hand quilt but one that is freestanding so no problem with the weight of the quilt. I've done queen size quilts this way. I still have a spoon in my notions box.

Cheers (and I'm happy I found this forum). Susan