Interesting topic! My first quilt I pinned way too heavily and had not thought out ahead of time how I was going to do my quilt stitching, so I had to start and stop every few seconds to remove a pin while I was sewing! I have since learned to figure out how I am going to quilt it first, then make my pin placement in areas I can avoid sewing through whenever possible. I have heard good things about the Pin Moors but have not tried them yet. I do have the Kwik Klip and it makes pinning go faster and easier on the fingertips for sure. I just wish I didn't have to pin at all!

My last project I tried a new method for putting my quilt sandwich together and really LIKED it! It is a method I learned about from one of Patsy Thompson's YouTube videos. She uses 505 Basting Spray to assemble her sandwich on a "Spray Basting Wall". If you watch her video you will see that she uses this method not only for smaller quilts but also very large bed sized quilts and she swears by it!

Here is her video with the details of the method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UoUzK19Vww

I used the 505 spray and added a few pins in strategic places on my project and it was SO much faster and easier on my hands and back! Patsy also says that not all basting sprays are alike. She has had great results with 505 and even has spray basted projects that still hold together after years of waiting in her UFO box!

You do need to have a large wall space or area to do this method however. I suppose you could spray baste a quilt on the floor too if you don't have a design wall. I did not have any problems with over spray and protected my floors below the wall with a sheet like she mentioned in the video.