1.Cut the binding a tad over 2.5 then starch with lots of starch and press in half before I trim it to just a tad over 1 inch.
2. Trim out and stitch along the very the edge of the quilt before binding so there will be no problems. 3. Attach the binding with the walking foot using the edge of the walking foot for the guide.
4. Press the binding over the stitches and off the edge of the quilt before folding it over to the other side and glue down.
5. Stitch along the very edge of the binding with wash away thread so everything can be checked out front and back, adjustments made.
6. Then do the "real" stitching hopefully right on top of the stitches which attached the binding.
Wash to get out the glue and water soluble stitches stitches. I still do the miters with just a couple of hand stitched front to back in the middle to tack them down. I still do show quilts with a hand binding which takes forever with the ladder stitch and tiny little bites of fabric because it is still the preferred way for most judges.