Originally Posted by carolaug
You can find the same type of technique in the book:
Singer (Sewing Reference Library)
The Quilting Bible
except that the batting is cut straight, not in curves (which I will try out when I quilt my second quilt over the Christmas holidays).
The method does work. It is quite easy to slip-stitch the batting back together. I cut the batting where the quilting crossed over it as much as possible. There were no visible 'breaks' in the quilt later on.