OK, I'm confused -- but I'm easily confused - lol. If you are working on projects that you aren't happy with, why bind them? I would continue to do, redo, add more, change something, etc. before I added batting and backing. Does that help at all? Sometimes, many times, I walk away from a project that isn't turning out like I want, and then go back to it later. That helps me a lot. I usually get some inspiration.