It is lovely. I must admit hand stitching the binding to the back of a quilt is not one of my favourite tasks either. I still do it, if it is to be exhibited but if not....I used the tip from this board on machine binding. It is the one where you make a flange, sew it to the back of the quilt, flip it to the front and stitch in the ditch. It is the nicest machine stitched binding I have done.