Eileen

I have had knee surgery & can't get down on the floor. I put a large piece of plastic on top of our bed (queen size) & put the backer on it, spray baste it. Then I put down my batting & spray baste that & then put down the top. I usually will pin my quilts to make sure nothing shifts when moving the sandwich. I have done this outside (in summer) when doing a king size quilt. My back may ache later, but not my knees.

penski

i go to our civic center and push a couple large tables together

spartan quilter

I saw that method on here, and got DH to bring in some boards and tried it, and I really liked how it went together. It was a little tricky at the one part, but not hard. Just where do I store those long pieces of wood? LOL

carolynjo

I use my ironing board, raised to its highest position. I put a plywood board, 4 x 6 covered with a plastic table cloth (checkered so as to have some lines to follow). I spread the quilt out so I can clip it to the edges with binder clips and work from the center out. I pin baste it on the board and move it around from side to side until I have the whole thing pinned. It is easy to quilt on the machine or by hand then. I sometimes usw two ironing boards and two sheets of plywood side by side and that makes a LARGE work surface.

Anne P

I just watched Sharon's video and it's awesome. As I finished a baby quilt top just today (yeah - baby will get it for first birthday instead of birth!), so I'm going to get some boards tomorrow and give her method a try tomorrow. Terrific.

Shirley Anne

Kathidahl, you can use my mother in laws method and hang you homemade quilting frame from the rafters in your garage with pulleys and when not in use,pull it up out of the way.
Her frames were 1" x4" with holes drill 1" apart all the way around. She used bluejeans for the cloth to pin to so it was tack on real well with upholstry tacks to make it very secure. The corners were held together with butterfly bolts and washer. She made this her self out of desperation of not having a place to lay it out. Worked wonderful and her favorite quilts were Star of Texas and Double Weddin Ring.

biscuitqueen

I use the cardboard from wrapping paper and roll up UFO's so there is no fold and large rubber bands. I use clamps to sandwich basting on the dinning table.

KS quilter

We have 1 x 2's (a soft wood like fir) four of them and clamp
together on all 4 corners. I thumbtack my backing down to
the boards. Then lay out my batting (if it's a big quilt I use a
yard stick to reach the centers and smooth it out. Then lay
the top down. I use regular staight pins to pin the top & Batting
to the backing. When the backing goes down we stretch it as
much as possible. My husband made a prop so to speak to
put under the center to help hold up some of the weight) Of course
we have saw horses or etc to hold it up. I hand quilt so I baste
(with thread) in both directions anywhere from 10 to 20" apart.
And also baste around the outside edges. I reach as far as I can
and then roll it up from one end....baste, roll etc. Then I take it
out and use an18" round hoop (no stand) and quilt from the
center out. IF there is any 'slack' it will work out to the edge.
Of course, take the basting stitches out in the areas in the hoop
as you quilt.
I know some that do it on tables...there is no way I could
handle that...but a lot do that. We used to set our stuff up in
the fellowship hall at church.....changed church after 30+ years
and there was no available space there....so...guess what...we
do it n the spring or fall..in the Driveway. Where there's a
will, there's a way!

Arleners

I haven't tried the Sharon Schambler method yet, but it sure looks like the new way for me. I just bought two flat curtain rods that open to 84 inches to use like she uses the wood slats. That should work for most of the projects I do. When they get bigger than that I chicken out and send it to a LAQ

madamekelly

I have the same problem, and don't drive, so I got creative. I pin the backing upside down to the two quilts on my bed, (Queen size) and then smooth the batting over that. I put the top over all, then release one corner, slide a 23 x 23 cutting mat under that corner. I pin as far as I can reach, repin, then repeat on each corner, then each edge, then I do the center. Even though this is 'backwards' from what I am told, it works for me. I should say that I tie my larger quilts on a PVC frame, so I don't know how well this would work for a MQ job. I am learning how to QAYG, so I will solve that problem for me. Good luck.