Thank you! This is my first quilt, and I may discover I prefer hand stitching to machine to finish my binding as well![/quote]
Yes, there is something about hand stitching the back of the binding (use machine to attach from the front) that soothes and completes all the hard work of piecing/quilting; and you get to be the first one "under the quilt" as it enfolds your lap, legs, esp. on a winter's evening!