Originally Posted by carolynbb
How terrible, tacky and unprofessional is it to pull the backing around onto the top of the quilt and machine stitch down - rather than do the traditional binding on the edges?? All opinions welcome.
Depends on what you like to do...If it is going to be judged in a show, better use traditional binding.
Otherwise, do as you like. Using a folded over backing can be quite attractive, and offers a chance to use decorative stitching.
If you are making quilts for kids in a hospital or quilts that will be washed a lot, the people using them request that the binding be machine stitched twice around, for durability.