I don't mind pinning. I'd rather do that be exposed to questionable chemicals.
I have an autoimmune disorder and one of the explanations for this haywiring of the immune system is this bombardment of chemicals .It mostly strikes women. Is it any wonder? Think about everything we use -- hair products, perfume, cleaning products, hair dye, nail polish. I could go on forever.

I'm just choosing NOT to subject my family or myself to anymore than necessary. Even if it's not related, it's still the best choice for us.

Do sharon schamber method but do use safety pins too------------rather belt and braces !!

I like the tagger gun. So easy for me.

Spray baste & pin, removing the pins in the area I' m working in.

I use the pinmoors also.....I love them.

If you don't have pinmoors, just use ear plugs instead. I use bent safety pins, long straight pins or spray basting - whatever I can find at the time - on small quilts. I also like using iron on batting. I give my large quilts to my very good friend. I earn quilting dollars by babysitting her dogs.

I usually use safety pins, but have also used spray on smaller quilts. If you use the tags and cut them off when getting close for fmq, don't the ends on the underside get in the way? I would think it would be a pain to fish my hand under there to find the other end and get it out of the way. Unless you use a longer tag so that both ends are on the top. Just my thought...

My regular tags are large enough to get both tags on the top side. But I haven't tried FMQ with them either, yet. I'll let you know when I do :wink:

Boy, I'm kind of surprised at just how much in the minority that I am! I prefer to thread baste. I used to pin baste on the floor, but my RA doesn't allow me to crawl around on the floor (knees) or open and close the pins (hands) so I now thread baste. I just use a 6' folding table and start in the middle and baste, then move it and straighten and do another section. I've used Sharon Schamber's method as well a few times, but the last time I tried it, got frustrated because my backing was stretching and the seams on the front weren't and it just wouldn't roll up evenly. Not sure what was up with that :-/

Pin all the big quilts with great success. I just watch where I am sewing and take the pins out as I go. Been using spray baste-it glue for smaller quilts. Works great.