Like Jannie, I work on an inspira and have a Pfaff with a 9' throat. I have the same problem. We discovered that with larger quilts, it is easier to roll side to side instead of top to bottom. Recently, my Sis got a computer to put on the machine to do the fancy stitching. Now we need to be more careful about the width because like Jannie said it can get pretty narrow. If we had known then what we know now, we probably would have gotten a machine with a larger throat.