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.
Hmmm -- have never heard this before, but it surely makes sense!!
What I usually do is:
If I sew to the front and fold over to the back, I hand-stitch it to finish.
If I sew it to the back and fold over to the front, I top-stitch by machine.