Originally Posted by leiladylei54
Just adding my 2 cents worth....while machine sewing the binding material to the front is fairly easy, it takes me 5 hours to hand stitch the binding to the back of the quilt....50X65" size. Yes, I've timed it numerous times and it always takes me 5 hours.
When I did the binding for the 96 x96 quilt, it took an afternoon to machine sew the binding on the first side--------and two evenings in front of the TV to do the hand stitching. No real hour count.