That sounds like a great solution, Prism, I was thinking along the lines of hand basting, but machine would be even quicker. Either way, would she still need to put the pins in the front? Perhaps not.

why not flip it and pin from top side then remove the pins on the bottom....unless the top is wrong side up...yea I've done something similar... forgot to tape the backing down & pinned the whole thing & had too much slack all over had to redo whole thing.....who doesn't make these mistakes??? :D

haha bayou, no it's not that bad. I have done that too! Whoops!

I did that too, ONCE. I called it a blonde moment.... I tend to live up to the title pretty often too, lol!

Yup. That makes even more sense.

Although theoretically one could quilt from the top with the pins underneath, removing them as you go, I think the major problem would be if you miss a pin. Once your machine is very close to the pin, it would be impossible to remove it from the back without taking the quilt from under the presser foot. I think it's mostly an issue of preventing a problem while quilting, ounce of prevention, that kind of thing.....

ermmm do i need to remind you i managed to cut myself with the rotary cutter in my knee.............................................. ...............................................

welll I decided to just go slow and quilt it from the top and take the pins out of the back as I got close and it's working really well so far. I'm doing sections at a time so that I think is helping.

:lol: hahaha

I am so sorry you need to redo your pinning. That's the part I hate. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does things like this.