The bit I really dislike

Is basting my quilts. I just find it horrible but what can you do?

Even if I had enough floor space to work with, my back wouldn't cope with that, so I do it on my table. This has extra leaves so it opens out quite long so I can nearly always get the width of the quilt on together. It is also very old and battered so I don't mind in the slightest any scratched that get on it from the pins.