Originally Posted by mythreesuns
See we learn something new every day. I am a self taught quilter and I was machine sewing my binding on so different then everyone on here it seems like. I line my binding up on the front and back...and just sew once. So I only have to sew around the quilt once and the front and back sew lines are the same. So no SID or hand sewing for me.
I do the same. Actually, I've been cutting them 2 1/4", then I starch and press them so that the seam allowances are tucked in, and the front is just a smidge narrower than the back (so, almost but not quite in half) -- same as a double fold binding you would buy. Then just stitch once, catching both front and back at the same time. Once in a while I will miss a few stitches on the back, and just tack them in by hand when checking at the end, but usually it goes all the way around first time.
For the corners with this method... stitch right to the corner, as you come to it. Back up a few stitches, fold the bottom and top of the binding into a neat mitre, then stitch up to the inside corner and turn as you normally would.