In between ferrying kids to their Monday night "stuff" I went to the library and pulled out some machine quilting books tonight. I was short on time at the end but found one where the author talked about (and demonsrated) how she adds batting a section at a time so when she rolls up her sides to slide them into the throat, they are much much smaller. Then when she is ready to do the left side, she adds batting and same for the right side. It made alot of sense.