I have problems with my hands. When I used to sew bindings on by hand, I did a simple overcast (? not sure of the name) stitch because I could not handle the blind stitch. The thread shows, but not much, and actually I like the look of the hand sewing. The simple overcast stitch goes much faster than a blind stitch too. I made a small knot every few inches, just so that if a thread ever broke it wouldn't unravel the entire binding. Repairing this kind of hand stitching is very easy. I used just a single strand of thread.