I was looking around the internet at quilt battings today and came across one that had adhesive on one side of the batting so you could stick your quilt to it and it wouldn't shift while you were quilting. Like sticky basting! For the life of me now I can't find it again- I don't remember what the brand was.

I didn't really want to purchase that one though, because I want to pre-shrink my batting and I imagine soaking an adhesive-backed batting would probably ruin that quality, but I started wondering if I couldn't apply the same idea to regular batting.

Spray adhesive a small section (starting in the middle) and smooth the quilt top to that, and then work my way around the rest of the quilt until it's all been adhered to the batting. The nice thing about the spray adhesives I've used is that you can reposition the fabric if you need to (up to a certain point) and as long as you don't overdo it by an insane amount, it never shows through the fabric. Obviously it would require testing on delicate fabrics.

Think it could work? Or not? Why or why not? I'm thinking at the least it might be something to use before regular or pin basting just as an added security.

I like using Warm and Natural as it allows you to smooth and straighten out your top as you get it ready to quilt. It just has a natural 'stick' to it. If you see a spot that you need to work on, just use your hand and smooth the area. It makes quilting a dream.

I agree with you, i like the warm and natural too

I'm another W&N quilter. I mainly hand quilt and like the fact that I can reposition at any point in the process. It's just the friction between the batting/fabric that creates the 'stickiness'.

I would not use a spray adhesive because it probably would not wash out. Why not just use a basting spray? It does the same thing, but will wash out so your quilt is not stiff, but soft.

I wonder if what you were looking at was a fusible batting? If it was you wouldn't want to prewash it. Lots of people use the fusible in purses/bags or table mats.

It been my experience that Warm and Natural or Warm and White holds up the best of any bats when you pre-shrink.

Don't know without more info, but the sticky/fusible batting is usually used for sewing/home dec projects, such as tote bags, not quilting.
I agree with all the positive comments on the warm products.