I found one at an Estate Sale on Saturday for $2 and it came with a lot of extra plastic tags. I looked on the website and there is a tool that you can purchase that cuts the tags. I have not tried it yet but I am looking forward to using it.

I use my Quilt Tak gun a lot .... to put the tops and backings onto my quilting machine leaders.

Quilt Tak is much smaller than the others.

I have also used it to keep my cut strips/shapes together for transport to a class.

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I had one, but I really lie hand basting better...keeps things "tighter" I guess you would say.

I use it a lot. Find it great for small to medium items. With the larger quilts I pin around the edges also as I found the weight of the quilt too much for the tacks. Don't have a grid but the tape on the grid is a great idea. I have a gadget like a seam ripper for removing the tacks.

I had one and it seemed to do a pretty good job. However, when it broke I didn't see the need to replace it. I now use either pin basting or spray basting.

I have 2 tips on those:

1) Don't try to baste your quilt on carpet. Yeah, you know what happens there.

2) Keep it AWAY from husbands, children, or anybody who may be tempted to do what my husband did.

This was a few years back while we were still dating... but I showed him my new tool then left the room to do something. When I came back, little plastic thingies were EVERYWHERE!!! In my pillow, sheets, clothes, curtains, papers, tissues... basically anywhere he could get the thing to tack one. It was pretty funny, but the cleanup was a pain.