Originally Posted by vivoaks
I do the same as you - machine sew the front, then hand-sew the back. I just think it looks better.
same here i use ladder stitch about 1/8 of an inch and people have tried to pull it open and accused me of gluing it....i do not own glue! several in the charity group i sew with think that all quilts for the children should have the binding down by machine and i know some have sewn over my handstitching with a zig zag ..... but i pretend i do not know that they have done this.