Originally Posted by
Jeanne S
I just do it the traditional way by sewing the binding to the back of the quilt, flipping the binding around the raw edges to the front of the quilt, then sew the binding down from the front side of the quilt. The only tip I have is to cut the binding strips 2 1/4" wide rather than the traditional 2 1/2" wide. I find the stritching line on the backside of my quilt looks much neater and comes much closer to hitting the seam line with the more narrow binding strip. It also makes your binding fuller.
i use the same advice as JeanneS. I have found that using my joining foot helps immensely. i set the flange on the edge of the binding and move my needle over about 4-5 clicks to the right. it keeps the seam very even. the back does look like feline fanatic's when you sew it down by machine. if it's not a show quilt, it doesn't bother me at all.