I piece the whole quilt top first, cut the backing piece to the same size, and the batting to the same size.
Then I lays the three together like a sandwich with the batting in the middle.
Then I baste it toget her about 10cms apart, both vertical and horizonal.
Then quilt it and last off do the binding on the edge.

I've only done machine piecing, stitch in the ditch machine quilting and hand quilting for the other quilting stitches.