Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
I was told to NOT press the binding. The reason being, when you press, you're dividing the binding evenly in half. But, when you attach the binding, and pull it to the back to stitch it down, there's a little more than half of the material on the piece you see, and less than half on the piece you don't see, since the visible piece has to cover more distance.
I was told by a man that designed a "stitch in the ditch foot" that when you prepress the binding it is about 1/32 off. Now, not being a perfectionist I press my binding. I saw in a quilting magazine yesterday, (sorry can't remember the mag and it wasn't mine) that if you ziz zag with fusible thread on the back of seam, then press the the binding it helps hold the front while stitching it down. Haven't tried this yet, has anyone done that.
I stitch my binding on the front if I'm hand sewing, on the back and wrap to the front if I'm machine sewing. I'd rather the front look the best.