roll up your quilt from both sides until you get to the middle. that's where you'll begin. work your way out from there to one end that's under the machine, unrolling as you go. when you fiinish one side, roll it up again and turn it around and start from the middle again and work toward the other end. that way you'll never have more than 1/2 of the quilt under your machine at any time. you still need some support for the length, but the width is taken care of. believe me, it works.