Originally Posted by
baslp
Thanks for all your replies. I have been using the Simplicity binding machine to make the binding. I must be sewing it on wrong too. I may go back to making the binding myself.
I get the best results by cutting my own strips and *not* ironing them in half before applying. Not ironing the fold allows the binding to fold over the edge easier -- inner side of binding takes less fabric than outer side of binding.