Past the Middle of Biblical Blocks

I've passed the midpoint of the Biblical Blocks quilt.  The batting is a good 8" off the floor!  Photo No. 1: Job's Tears. Photo No. 3: Golgotha. No. 4: Tree of Life.  The entire middle has too much fullness in it, and does not lie flat.  There are even a few little individual patches that are too full.  How did that happen, I wonder?  I'm guessing it was cut with scissors rather than a rotary cutter, for starters; and things went south from there.  Starch and pressing with a hot iron is helping, and the Quilters' Dream wool is helping, too; but nothing is going to totally eliminate the trouble.  I could quilt it more heavily, but I don't want to.  I'll just keep doing the best I can.