I looked online to get some information on Marti Mitchell's book, Quilting in Sections. From what I can understand, this is quilting sections before you put the whole quilt top together. That's not going to work for this one because it is already put together. Given the fact that I am only quilting in straight lines approx every 8 inches vertically and horizontally, I am thinking hand quilting may be my only answer. I was reading about large stitch quilting. Has anyone done that? I figure it's worth a try. It's my first quilt and it's going on my bed, so I have accepted the fact that it isn't going to be a picture of perfection; but then no one is going to be looking that closely I don't think. Which brings me to the next question. Do I have to have a quilting frame/hoop, or can I just do this free hand?