Instead of bundling the entire quilt around your sewing machine and trying to maneuver it as you sew, why not quilt in sections?  In the current issue of the Quilted Paradise Newsletter, you’ll find some tips for doing just this, dividing your quilt into sections and quilting a piece at a time.
The article appropriately is, Machine Quilting in Sections.
Here are some other resources about machine quilting:
                      

Many quilters enjoy designing and creating the quilt top, but would rather have someone else do the quilting.  When I operated a quilting business from my home, rather than simply doing fabric art for my own enjoyment, I hand quilted several old quilts.  (Machine quilting was just coming into vogue.)
Nowadays, many quilters have taken up machine quilting, for their own use and as a business.  In a recent Quilted Paradise Newsletter, you’ll find considerable information about machine quilting, from doing it yourself to having someone do it for you.
*What to look for when someone is quilting for you.
*Pricing
*Preparing your top for …read more

I’ve run a poll, for the past month, to see how my readers like to put their quilts together.  It’s always interesting to get the results of a poll.  This helps me to learn more about my readers and their interests.
The Question: Do you prefer to do hand quilting over maching quilting? 
Answer choices were: Yes; No; I like both, depending on the project; I prefer tying.
55%  liked to do both, depending on the project they are working on.
25% prefered hand quilting over machine quilting.
10% preferred doing machine quilting
10% preferred tying
If you didn’t participate in the poll, you still can let me know …read more

Do you want to learn more about Free Motion Machine Quilting?  This type of quilting has become very popular in recent years.  The Quilted Paradise Newsletter today gives information about this topic and tips on how to accomplish it.
You’ll find the tips given in installments at: www.quiltedparadise.com/n/058-jqz.jsp .