Originally Posted by Prism99

You can divide the batting into three sections (not the top and backing), baste and quilt the middle section, then add one of the batting pieces to quilt the side, etc. There are several threads here on how to do that; try the "search" feature on the website. Also Marti Michell has a book out on how to do this. Makes quilting a king-size quilt on a domestic machine much easier.