I am handquilting my first queen-sized quilt and the pattern my daughter picked is a swirly "snail-shell"-looking one (swirl around around around in, and around around around out). I'm wondering if there's a technique to handling the bulk of the quilt to make it easier to quilt. Typically, I quilt away from myself & keep turning (I use a laptop hoop). Should I be trying to do 1/2 away from me and 1/2 towards me? This is a lot of quilting to be swooshing around.
Thanks for any suggestions or tips to making wresting this alligator a bit easier. :)