Originally Posted by omak
Originally Posted by dreamboat
You could also sew your binding on the front. And then instead of hand stitching, you could stitch in the ditch on the front making sure that you catch the back when you are stitching. I also put my sleeve in that very top seam too.
dreamboat
This is exactly the point of this tutorial. Stitching on the front, putting the binding to the back and then trying to stitch down the back from the front is haphazard at best.
I cut my bindings at 3" and still cannot guarantee that I will catch the binding in the back while stitching in the front. <wave>
I put the hanging sleeve in when I am making a wall hanging, and there is no reason you can't still do that when stitching your binding on the back first and rolling it to the front to stitch. It actually helps reinforce the hanging sleeve. After trying all the talked about ways, I still prefer this latest one, rolling to the front and topstitching; looks better and for kids quilts is the best. Try it and you'll agree.