Do you have a large wall space? Someone on here was talking about useing spray basting' tape or tack backing to wall spray and hang batting then spray and add top. They said they did not pin or baste, I have never done it but I think a couple of people on the QB have and had good results. I do understand that the spray is very messie, do you have an outdoor space you could use?

thanks kat sews! good advice!

any advice on how you would do this with stitch in the ditch quilting

or

sew as you go quilted block squares and joining them together without the batting leaving lumps?

thanks again everyone for your advice it is greatly appreciated

lisa x

outdoor! haha

so sorry guys! dont know what the weather is like at your side but it sucks here! might find a day sometime in august next year but i wouldnt guarantee it haha. good old british weather haha

wet windy and very muddy! little bit of snow at times!

lisa x

trying to imagine the wall thing ~ giving it some thought x

I have seen here on the board where people clamp their quilt to their table using large clamps that look like they got them from a hardware store and baste/pin in sections.Then they move the quilt to a new section to continue basting or pinning their sandwich. Maybe you can find this technique on You Tube?

I just put in" clamp quilt to table" in the advanced search section & there are some ideas there.

You could make it in sections, like fourths, and then connect the sections. There are lots of directions on the internet about how to do this.

I have a friend who has a large living room with large open space that I use to pin the sandwich together. Also my last one I quilted in peices thats to say I only put the batting down the center, and backing, with extra to sew the border peices to quilted it leaving about 2 inches unquilted around the quilt and then added the side batting and backing next and quilted that it came out fine. hope this doesnt sound confusing

I live in a motor home and sandwich my quilts on the bed. Is it easy? No, but it works. I use basting spray and it works quite well. I lay out the backing, then batting on top. Fold back half the batting, then spray and smooth working from center out. Do the other half the same way. Then do quilt top the same way. I then flip it and smooth the backing. Flip back over and resmooth the front. Perfect....probably not, but works for me.

I understand your problem. We live fulltime in an RV so my space is also limited. When I finish a quilt top, I wait to sandwich it when I can find a place with large tables. You'll be surprised when you start searching for a place to do this. Just keep looking and asking. Something will happen. I've tried "quilt as you go" but I'm not pleased with all the seams on the back of the quilt. Also, it's necessary to quilt each block and you have to stop 1" from the edge of the block in order to sew that block to the next block. Good luck with finding a place to sandwich the quilt! Just don't give up on finding a place.

One of the ladies on youtube (think her name is Sharon something) has a method using a couple of boards that would work on a bed. I've been thinking of trying it since, like you, I'm very limited on space. I usually lay an accordian type cutting board on the bed so it's more solid and gives me a solid surface for pinning and basting, then just spread it out on that. It's not the easiest way, but it works.