Buslady! Wow, I thought the same thing... I want to machine quilt, but don't have the energy to tug a big quilt around using my home sewing machine. I don't mind a baby size quilt, but I just don't have the desire with something larger. I've put together a quilt top in sections and now I'm going to try doing as you suggest. It's my first time doing it that way. Any tips, anyone? I thought I'd quilt the pieces, then sew the seams for the top, hand stitch the seams on the back, then bind it. I'm not too excited about it because I like the quilt lines to be flowing across the top, and with this option they will stop abruptly at the seam line. So, it's sort of a practice thing that I don't care about very much... I want to see how it goes.