Perhaps you might try quilting with rulers. I never got past stippling until I discovered the rulers. Take a look at sewsteady.com as they have lots of videos to explain the process. There are other sites that have rulers too, but I have bought from sewsteady and it worked out well for me. Also, I have used the quilt-as-you-go technique to reduce the size of the quilt sandwich that I have to move around. Good luck!