I usually do it on the floor but when I can, I put tables together where my quilting group meets (at a local elementry school) and try to get it done there. It sure beats kneeling and bending over on the floor. :P

when i make king size quilts i either move everything out of my dining room and use the floor , i have gone to a local church not to far from me and we have a civic center here also and i use the room and the tables there one time i cleaned the patio blocks on my patio and layed it out on the patio
well it sounds like i have just been all over the place

At my local quilt store --- there are several tables I can put together and use and that's if there are no classes, etc.

They sell 2 inch thick syrofoam that is used for insulation
and Pin to that. We hung it on a wall so it is permanent.
Works wonderful for laying it out and such.
Angeline Sheets are 5x10 feet

Wouldn't that be a lot of fun!!!! BTW--it is smokin' hot in GA, too!

I just strip my bed, put the sheets into wash, and use my mattress.

I have a pool table that my DH puts a piece of plywood on, really saves the knees. If not I would go up to my church and use the folding tables there, howev er even that can be hard on the back,I like the wall idea.

Went looking for the Sharon Chambers technique and could not find it, could you be more specific?

My Honey made me a quilting frame.Very cheap and easy to make.

I actually do big quilts on two of those plastic foldable tables 3 1/2 by6 feet or so. I put the tables next to each other. I just makes sure I move it around and just drop the section I am not working on off the table while I smooth and spray baste/pin the section that is on the table. I can do Cal King this way. It take sa little patience but it works. You can also do it on the floor but that is hard on the knees and back.

It's Sharon Schamber with an "SCH" at the beginning. Just Google her and especially look her up on YouTube.

I subscribe to her videos and love to watch the "Spotlight Class: Designing for the Quilting Process". Watch it and I guarantee you will be totally fascinated and relaxed watching this extremely talented artist design and draw.

I have a very large room (17 by 24) that is my library/sewing room. There is just enough open floor space to do a king size quilt. However it is getting harder on my knees all the time

Holly "q"rap quilterKen, why didn't I think of that?

That is perfect solution for me.

Thanks for the tip.

Aardie

Just another thought here folks.
DOUBLE DUTY IDEA:
I have one of these "tops" that is I use for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter dinner when there are too many to fit at the dining room table without bumping elbows. Got a BIG family. Put the tablecloth on top and no one is the wiser. Also plenty of room for all the dishes of yummies.

Church fellowship hall with all the dining tables pushed tog!!

I found the site for the free video tutorial by Sharon Schamber.
Google in Sharon Schamber Quilter, it opens several sites, just scroll down to the one showing a picture of Hand Basting and you can watch the instructions.

I do mine on the island in my kitchen. Works great.

I use the floor. Yes, it's hard on the knee's but I spray bast so not quite as bad. I did get a used ping pong table but didn't realize how large it was going to be and have no place to open it up.

I don't have enough floor space and no where to lay out anything that large so I decided to create my own. I have an unfinished basement with plenty of room so I purchased 2 fold up tables (6 ft x 3 ft?). They are sold at a lot of places, hardware stores, Lowes, Home Depot, etc. and they are frequently on sale for about $30 each, especially over the holidays. I opened the tables up and set them side by side. They have a nice finish and it's easy to use tape to hold your fabric down. You can lay out a pretty large quilt or work in one section at a time on the basting. When you're done, just leave the tables set up and cover them with an old sheet or painters plastic to keep it clean until you are ready to use it again. The tables are also useful for other things like outdoor picnics, extra dinner table, etc. It sure beats on the knees no matter how you look at it. :D :D

You can find it at http://sharonschambernetwork.com/Classes.aspx

Just go down until you see "Basting Your Quilt".

Kaye

On a tile floor, but it hurts!

You can use 4'x8' sound-suppression board from Home Depot(CHEAP). Have them precut it to your ceiling height. Two sheets makes an 8'x8' quilt wall. Tack the boards up with a few #6 nails, then cover it with an 8'x8' Warm & White Batting. It will take any size pin you want to use. I use the safety pins to hold the sandwich together. Slowly remove the quilt from the wall from the bottom up and release any pins that caught the W&W as you go along.

Several of us stay after Guild, move tables together to sandwich.

Also our library and local quilt shop have tables that we can use.