Originally Posted by
sandrab64
I have hand problems and it's difficult to hold a needle for hand sewing (the pinching action is what gets me) so machine binding has been a life saver. It's that or no quilting at all so if my binding looks a little 'off' I'm OK with it
I'm going to try the serpentine method on my next quilt.
The last couple of years, I have had to do all machine binding for this reason as well. I use glue and clips. I have used a narrow serpentine, wide serpentine, wobble stitch (narrow, medium length zig zag) and several of the more open decorative stitches -- I used the walking foot for this. The result is not as pretty as hand stitching, but I like the look. I sew on the back and then the front -- sometimes I have it so the top overlaps the back stitching by more than 1/4" so on the back it looks like just an extra row of quilting.