Here's a tut about a way to quilt as you go that uses a one-piece backing. It's sort of like paper piecing, but the vertical rows are "pieces" and the backing and batting are "paper" (You don't have to tear it off when finished, though!). Rather clever, I think.

http://quiltingreadersgarden.blogspo...ilt-along.html

WOW! Thank you.... that really looks easy to do, I'll have to try this :D

Now that looks like something I might be able to do.

Thank you for the link.

Thanks for sharing the link. I will try it one of these days.

I've done that with table runners with jelly rolls...so fast and easy you can have a runner in 1/2...see photo

Bookmarked!

thanks for sharing that.

This is how I do my borders. I quilt the entire main body of the quilt, then add the borders, quilting as I go. FMQing a large quilt without the borders really reduces the size and makes it do-able, then when you add the borders, there's just that narrow piece on your machine, with the bulk of the quilt to the left of the machine.