I love spray basting - for me its #1. BUT it also gets expensive buying the spray. I have tried glue basting in a couple of different ways ... and today I am trying it again. Glue is much, much better than pinning, but I am still trying to find the glue process that I like best

I used Hobbs heirloom 80/20 fusible batting for eons. at the moment i use 505 spray. i lay my quilt layers on a table (outside) and fold the top back. spray on the batting and fold the top down patting flat as i go. when all the top is done, i flip it, smooth the backing and fold out of the way. spray on the batting again and fold backing down patting flat as i go. if i'm to man handle the quilt, i pin the edges.

I use 505 basting spray and love it. The layers really don't shift. Here is one method I've tried on a smaller quilt and it worked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPed...&index=6&t=36s

On larger quilts, I might add some pins along the edges just in case.

great video. but I can't stand the smell of the spray. It's so windy here every day it's hard to spray anything outside. I'll just stick to Sharon Shambers way.

I've not made a large number of quilts -- I'm just a newbie. I will say this, I am asthmatic, and the spray basting is absolutely out of the question. I'm still learning, but have had no problems with pin basting. Of course, I am generous with the pins! Whatever method you decide to use, sandwiching the quilt is the hardest part of making a quilt JMHO! I have qualms about the glue-basting -- first of all, washing a quilt (especially king size) is not something I would want to do in my domestic washing machine. The only laundromat with the giant-sized washers is clear across town (about 25 miles one-way) and those machines are very expensive to use. I am currently working on a project to make sandwiching very easy -- let's home it works!

I've only done pin basting and haven't had any problems with shifting or puckering, knock on wood! Because this works for me, I haven't tried other methods. I do use lots of pins and kind of use that time to think about how I might do the quilting. I do have a large cutting table to use for pinning which helps. It is a good height to work on and I can leave the quilt there until it's done. I'm not in a rush to finish my quilts, either. You will find a method that works for you. Lots of good advice here.

I pin if it's a small quilt, but anything larger than 40x40 inches, I spray baste and it is the absolute best! I've done queens and kings and had no issues. The example that was given above on how to do it is exactly how I do it.

I've washed them all in my machine and had no issues with the spray coming out.

You will LOVE it. Yes, it can be expensive, but shop around. I use the 505. I'm in Canada, fabricland charges an arm and a leg, Walmart had it for almost 1/2 the price!

I don't know how long it would take to pin a "throw" size quilt, but I can spray baste one in about 15 minutes, including the smoothing out part before and after spraying. Well, maybe 20 minutes.
And I don't think my fingers would allow me to pin a quilt.
The smell of the 505 is very very slight. I am sold on it.

I'm normally a hand quilter and pin baste most quilts. Queen/kings I tend to thread baste. I'm getting ready, though, to jump into machine quilting because I just need to get some quilts out the door. I'll probably thread baste to keep the weight down as well as not have to deal with pins while machine quilting.

I never pin. hate the squeezing and pinching and thread caught on pins. Love the spray or hand baste with boards. Will be trying glue baste on next quilt if the iron will reach.