You are in good company with all of us other weirdo's. I have always done binding by machine as my Grandmother taught me. My fingertips crack very easily and this makes hand work something I do only whem I need PAIN (JOKE) Each quilt is one of a kind and whatever you do is right. There is no wrong. I pitty the people that think there is only one way to do things (THEIRS) Keep up the good work.