Rhonda K's advice is exactly what I am doing now with a redwork snowman design quilt. The designs are stitching up beautifully. I plan to do a quilt as you go method by applying batting and backing to each block after trimming and quilting each block then attaching to each other. that solves the problem of not having the batting "anchored" within the block. The no show mesh I am using is extremely light weight and I plan to leave on the back of the embroidered block within the quilt itself.