Hey, I have your solution. I make mine in strips and sew them together after they are quilted. Its bulky when sewing them together and finishing up that seam, but it sure beats trying to deal with the bulk the whole time. Here is a strip that is done and ready to add to another strip. This butterfly quilt will fit my queen sized bed and I am quilting it as I go. I would never tackle trying to hand quilt this in a whole piece. It would never get done and I would smother under the load. This way I will on smother for a short time attaching the strips. :) You may like this. I hand quilt, but you can machine quilt each strip and then sew them together and machine sew where the attachment is. Tah Dah!