Pool noodles were an absolute game changer for me too. I can’t work on the floor, so I had to come up with another method. I make lots of lap and child quilts, so most can be done with one length of pool noodle and spray basting. I pin when I use a wool batting though. When I have bigger quilts, I put a dowel to join two together. I just did a 48x60 quilt today in about 30 minutes, and I will quilt it tomorrow. I have my husband help me a bit, and it goes faster. I do turn the sandwich over when I finish, just to double check I didn’t put any wrinkles in, and sometimes I need to do a bit of smoothing then, but it is minor.