Perhaps this big stitich quilting is what I do. I have tried and tried to use the smaller needle with the thimble and the 'rocking' technique but just can not get the hang of it. So I did what some of you said and just do my own thing. A friend sent me this king size all hand-pieced GFG quilt so I hated to have it machine quilted after all her work. I am s-l-ow-ly hand quilting it. I wanted to stay approx 1/4 inch from seam lines which puts my needle in the double thickness of the fabric so another reason why it was hard to do the rocking thing. Plus, I thought it would be a stronger stitch if sewn in the double thickness. (I digress) Here are pictures of what mine looks like. Is this what you call big-stitich quilting? I am about 5 months away from finishing. I do plan to sew the binding on with machine though for the one side and hand stitch the back.