I have tried this method and found it to be very time consuming and tedious. The finished products are quite beautiful though. There is a lot of cutting of fabric a small strips of batting. I loved the idea of the quilt being reversable but it takes a lot of practice to stitch exactly on the seam so it is pretty on both sides of quilt. When I matched the thread to front and back, I had trouble with pop-ups and that was aggravating. I bought fabric and batting to complete a 30's quilt but decided to finish it another way. I used 2 of my blocks that i will probably make totes out of. I too, have searched for ways to "quilt as you go" because I can no longer handle fm on large quilts in my machine. I am now using the Fun and Done technique which is just that, fun and done! It is a simular tecnique as Cotten Theory but very simplified. I think I am really going to like. There is a tut on Bayside Quilting website. I have also done the quilting in sections technique which is ok but i didn't like the look or feel of the joining seams on the back. I made 6 quilts like that for my 6 children last Christmas.