Bonni and Linda, thanks for the encouragement! I'll tell you what's giving me trouble. Trying to do things correctly!
The binding is not going to have perfect pointy corners but it will be on. I had to look up two tutorials on the board for my second and third attempts. Pathetic!
I will tell you one thing ... my secret pal from the swap a couple of months ago sent me a fancy-pants seam ripper. I thought, what the heck am I going to do with this? Well, it happened to be the one I grabbed and man, what a difference it makes compared to those cheapy ones. Makes seam ripping a pleasure!
My first partner is away, so I might have to break tradition and post photos. Wonder if I can do it secretly on my personal page?