Yes, it take pins to pin a large quilt but you do want to do the entire quilt before you begin sewing because there is always some shifting but less if the entire quilt is pinned.
I no longer use pins for basting, I have gone to using Elmer's Washable School Glue. I can glue baste an entire large quilt with a small container. This is a new technique to me but I have done 2 large quilts this way and am now working on my 3rd baby quilt. I just laid this baby quilt out before I came here to this message. With the glue it stays where you put it the very first time without shifting and I can start from one end and work to the other end. There is all kinds of information on this technique available here and on the net.
However, I pinned quilts for more than 20 years and that is a great way to baste.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 10-27-2019 at 02:51 PM.
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