I do a lot of "continious" line quilting but I quilt each block before putting the quilt together. It is much easier to get the "sandwich" into the hoop rather than a huge quilt. I did a large quilt one time but I had to put embroidery machind on cutting table which is large in order to handle that large project. I only did one like that. By quilting each block as you go, it is much easier. I usually center the design on the block and let the machine do the work. I do very little hand quilting anymore due to arthritis in my hands so bad. Hope this helps answer your question.