jpthequilter

Depends on what you like to do...If it is going to be judged in a show, better use traditional binding.

Otherwise, do as you like. Using a folded over backing can be quite attractive, and offers a chance to use decorative stitching.

If you are making quilts for kids in a hospital or quilts that will be washed a lot, the people using them request that the binding be machine stitched twice around, for durability.

Glassquilt

It's practical.

Betty Ruth

That's the way my mother taught me, and that is the method I always use for charity quilts. It takes less fabric than when a separate binding is used, and it's faster.

Loretta

If you want to do it that way it is perfectly acceptable. I tried it and didn't like the look so I do mine by hand to the back.

Lucio

I solved the miter problem by buying the Quick Easy Mitred Binding Tool. I paid $15.95 and it has been worth every penny. I make and donate quilts to a children's charity and this is the only method I use. These are not heirloom quilts so the binding will probably last as long as the rest of the quilt.