This baby quilt was done using the method in which you quilt the center panel first and then attach and quilt the borders - the inner narrow borders were attached by stitch and flip (you have to leave extra batting and backing around the center panel to accomodate that) and then the wide borders had their own section of backing and batting, and somehow you sew all the layers together. It's been awhile since i did this one. It worked well with poly batting, and the bulk of all the layers sort of squished down, but with cotton batting I'm not sure how it would be. I forget what the back looks like, and I gave it as a gift.