Originally Posted by hlponyfarm
When you bind your quilts, do you have to handstitch the back of the binding to the quilt? is there any tutorial on totally machine stitching a binding to a quilt?
First: all my bindings are all double thickness...cut 2½" and folded. For my charity quilts I machine sew the binding down since it has to stand up to heavy duty, frequent washings.
For all others, I machine sew the binding to the quilt then finish it by hand, turning it to the back and using an invisible hem stitch my mother taught me eons ago. If I do it right, you can't see the stitches. That is.... IF! :lol: :thumbup:
And I also agree, the final step of hand stitching is so relaxing and I love the feel of the fabric, plus there is a lot of personal satisfactionand accomplishment to be obtained from all the pride that goes into each of those final stitches.