Because I do a lot of quilts for Project Linus most times I machine stitch my binding, it's more durable and tougher for the usage that these quilts will get. I have no problem with it, I cut my bindings 2.5" wide, fold in half, stitch per normal to the quilt and machine stitch it down using a normal presser foot! The pic below shows binding using a Greek Key stitch but I use a lot of different ones. I do overlock stitch my quilt edges before attaching the binding and I think that helps a lot.