I make a lot of donation quilts & don't always send them to a longarmer. Recently, I cut 5-6" strips of Steam A Seam. I layered the backing, batting, Steam A Seam strips about 4-6" apart in rows, & then the top & ironed from the center out. Worked very well on a crib size quilt. That was the first time I had tried this but will definitely use it again on the next quilt. IMHO, probabaly smaller quilts woud be better adapted to this method.