Originally Posted by
Prism99
There are several things I do to help my machine bindings come out better.
(1) After sewing the binding on, I iron the binding away from the sandwich body. This makes a cleaner turn-of-the-cloth.
(2) I use Elmer's washable glue and turn the binding (and secure it) at the ironing board. The real trick is to accurately glue the binding edge to the sewn line.
(3) Only then do I take the quilt to the machine to sew the binding on.
I do the same thing except I do not use elmers glue. I use my edge joining foot, place the edge of the binding on the right hand side of the blade, then move my needle over to the spot I want to do the stitching. For my machine the center is 3.5, I put it at about 5.0 or 5.5 when doing binding. Go slow, lengthen the stitch as well (default on my machine is 2.5, I set it for binding either 3.5 or 4.0)
this helps me keep the binding straight (on the blade/guide) and stitch in the same spot along the binding. I dont worry too much what the back looks like, for me it doesnt have to be exactly in the ditch on the back, just close to it. I use a matching thread in bobbin to the backing so that stitch isnt noticed.