Hi - thanks for sharing about your experience, because I was considering getting one of these and using it to bind lap robe 'quilts' - which probably wouldn't work based on the way that your described - so you saved me some time and frustration.
A couple of questions:
1) did you find this unit at a local JoAnn's or Michaels? Or did you have to mail order it from someone else?
2) How do you make the pillowcase dresses? That sounds like a neat service project that I would be interested in doing.
Thank you, Carol