Originally Posted by
minibarn
Thank you everyone. I would like to know what not pressing the binding helps
Hard to describe. Think about taking a magazine and roll it starting at the bound edge. The cut edge of the pages don't line up, they fan. When you sew the binding on the first side of the quilt, then roll it over, the side of the binding that's closest to the quilt rolls ever so slightly less than the half that's away from the quilt (like the fanning magazine edge). If you don't press the crease, it allows the binding to find the place that it naturally creases resulting in a smoother laying binding. It's subtle, but I find it makes a difference, plus you save time (and burnt fingers) by not pressing it in first.