Originally Posted by
mea12
I just watched the video and it looks to me as though you'd have to do any quilting after the binding is attached. And, by stitching it on from the front, you might run into the same issues as regular binding in having the stitches fall off and out of the ditch from the back. I keep looking for a technique that eliminates hand-stitching the binding and have tried a few methods but am always forced to go back to hand-stitching it. This big-border method uses an awfully lot of fabric and would not be worth it to me unless the back looks as nice as the front.
Have you tried Ricky Tim's binding technique? It is done entirely by machine. He details the steps in his book/video "Grand Finale." It entails a piping strip (that was what drew me to this method in the 1st place), mitered corners, and a visible line of stitching on the back around the perimeter. It's really elegant and a huge time saver.