Originally Posted by weezie
I don't crease it first. If it's cut straight, sewn on straight with a correct, consistent seam allowance, it should go on straight without pressing it before you handstitch.
I have never heard of binding not being ironed. I cut my 2-1/2" strips, sew them together, press them in half, lengthwise, roll it up and then when I bind, I pin it to the edge of the quilt, machine sew it down, then I fold the folded edge over the edge of the quilt,pin it and hand sew it down (blind stitch). The binding is double and will last twice as long - that's how I do it. Edie