My best friend told me about this about 20yrs. ago. I did 2 tops that were my hubby's grandmother's. They hold up pretty well considering I used one of them on our bed everyday for close to 18 yrs. She read about this in an old quilt magazine she got at a yard sale. They called it utility quilting because it was used for everyday quilts and they needed to do several fast. They would save their "tiny" quilted quilts for company or special occassions. I have several yd. sale tops I'm going to quilt this way. It really only takes about half the time.