I've recently gotten interested in this technique because I'm about to attempt my first queen-sized quilt. Some people have posted asking for pictures. Well, this is how I imagine doing this, I hope the graphic will look okay once I post it.
First of all, this is not exactly the same as the original poster described, although it is similar. As I envision it, you complete the top, then lay out the backing, good side down. Next, cut about one-third of your batting and center it on the backing. Finally, place the quilt top on top, good side up. In other words, the only difference between this and the normal procedure is that we're using only part of the batting. See Step 1 graphic - the blue is the top, yellow is the batting, and the brown is the backing.
Now baste the batting area, leaving a couple of inches untouched on the left and right edges of the batting, indicated by the two lines. Roll up the right side of the quilt (which is much thinner since there's no batting) and put the quilt in your sewing machine with the rolled up section in the throat. Then quilt the area between the two lines, shown in Step 2. (No comments on my quilting, please.)
Next, fold the right-hand side of the top back onto the center of the top, and fold the backing underneath, so now the right-hand edge of the batting is exposed. (This isn't shown because my graphic skills aren't up to the task.) Take a section of the batting you cut off and butt it against the exposed batting. Zig zag the two together. Or use a lightweight fusible interfacing to attach the two pieces. Then unfold the top and backing and baste the quilt. You can now quilt the right-hand side of the quilt in your sewing machine. Step 3 illustrates how it should look when you are finished.
Step 4 shows the quilt turned halfway around. By following the steps for Step 3 again, you can complete the quilting.
Whew, this took longer than I expected. As I said at the beginning, I haven't done this yet, this is just the way I picture doing it.
Tate
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Last edited by tate_elliott; 05-01-2016 at 01:09 PM.