Don't let that woman's snub bother you, she wasn't the Quilt Police, she was a Quilt Snob.
I do a lot of quick baby and kids quilts so machine sewing the bindings makes a lot of sense. Sometimes I do a special quilt that I take alot of time with because it is for a special person and that's when I do the traditional binding by hand sewing it down in the back. Hand sewing isn't my thing, I start off nice and small but after awhile my stiches are a half inch apart. ompletely by machine, lots