I starch my quilt backs and tops, too. Instead of taping my quilt, I use pins. I get down on the floor, lay the backing down on my rug, smooth it all out and stick straight pins all around the edges to hold it. Then I put the batting down, and carefully smooth out all the wrinkles. I add the top, smoothing it out and putting straight pins around the edges. Then I start in the middle and pin with safety pins. Once all the safety pins are in place, I pull out all the straight pins and I'm ready to quilt. I haven't had any problems with puckers.