Originally Posted by LadyAg

I am new to quilting and have been worried that it may prove too difficult for me to quilt a bed sized quilt on my home sewing machine. I have no problem attaching turned edge applique pieces with my machine. My concern is in "dragging" so much material around while trying to make attractive stitch shapes that are not pulled out of shape by the resistance from the "mass". This would apply to both feed dog up and down quilting.

I found the above book on quilting individual blocks, or groups of blocks, First and then joining the quilted sections together. Has anyone tried this or a similar technique? Since I am doing different sized applique blocks, I don't think the "Quilt as You Go" method would work for me. I imagine like anything else, there are probably different challenges that would crop up quilting in sections.

Any experience or observations would be greatly appreciated!