I learned that you were suppose to hand stitch your bindings. Then I saw a lot of people were machine stitching theirs. So, I decided to try it. Wasn't overly satisfied at first but the more practice I got the better I liked it. I just entered a quilt in a quilt show, and I did hand stitch that one. I think it was the first one I've hand stitched in 2 - 3 years.