Oh yes these quilts do get heavy dont they! Try folding the quilit into quarters and then work your way around it. The quilt will eventuall unfold but seems to be a little more managable. Sometimes when I do my binding I dump the quilt to the left of my machine. Find the edge, and just sew about 12 inches at a time, and then reshift the quilt. It is a job tho. When I do the hand sewing, I clear of my table and put the quit there. No HEAT or weight doing this last sewing step. And remember...when you are doing the binding...that sucker is almost DONE!!!