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There are as many ways to temporarily make a quilt stay together as there quilters. Here's the way I do it. This is my Deck Basting Method. You need masking tape, safety pins, and a deck. First you tape down the backing (wrong side up), then you tape down the batting, and finally tape down the top. Caution: This method does not work well in areas where there are many birds overhead and lousy weather does impede your progress.

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The real beauty of this method is in the pinning. The spaces between the deck boards are just the right size for the pins to go between! Voila! You have a quilt in bondage, ready to quilt....Which is what I'm doing now...This is due in 2 weeks. Yikes!