It's so good to see this discussion. I was talking about it to a shop owner in Las Vegas, and she literally sniffed with disdain. My little quilts (I will rarely make big ones) will be for wall hangings and lap quilts, and I have no qualms about doing this kind of binding. Also, I plan to do a lot of tie-quilting - both with and without buttons. I don't want to do my own machine quilting, and definitely don't want to always pay the high prices for someone else to do it. I will if it's a really nice quilt meant for a bed, but that won't happen much. Call me stingy!