But what about cutting all the 2 1/2" (if that's your size) and then sewing them end to end and clipping off the edges and ironing the joined pieces? That seems so time consuming. Just that alone puts me off. Then I have to think about sewing it all around the quilt and (I iron it right sides together, which I think I might not anymore) then turning it over and I've tried machine stitching and it looks really bad, so when I hand stitch it, it seems to take days and days. I have paid my LQS owner to bind my quilts. Actually, I gave her my quilt to give to a gal, but she did it instead for me and I was so embarrassed but she machine stitched it with a pretty decorative stitch and it looked so nice and I told her I was embarrassed that she did it and she said she had fun doing it because she always hand stitches and I had said it was okay to machine stitch and she liked how it turned out and she planned on trying it on her next quilt. Anyway, I am still embarrassed that she bound it. She is the nicest person in the whole world and one of my best friends and she does things like that for me. But, I want to bind. You all make it sound delicious, but I keep thinking of the beginning of the binding. All the strips to be sewn together and clipped and ironed down. Now, I love to iron...love, love, love to iron. Love to cut. Love, love, love to cut. But stick me with the 1/2 yard for binding and I get a sinking feeling. If I could just get it on the quilt, I think I could machine or hand stitch it. It's just that process that I have trouble with. I love piecing quilts. I love making blocks. I can make a gazillion of the same blocks over and over again. It's just the first part of the binding. And I have about 9 quilts that need binding. And it costs about $45 to have them bound from beginning to end. Lots of money for me.