I have seen online videos where the quilt sandwich is stabilized at the edges as you ladies are talking about. The baby quilt I hope to quilt next week has roughly 2 extra inches all the way around so that will help some. Also, I was at a quilt shop in the last couple of weeks and saw a professional long arm quilter working; I noticed she was stitching the edges down that way. For my practice pieces, I think I'll stitch edges but not add extra right now. Thanks for all the good suggestions.
~ Carla ~