I visited with a lady this summer at a quilt show about this because she said she does both sides with her machine. I mentioned I had tried that way, but never felt I would be happy with it and my finishing the last side by hand always looked much better. I have gotten much quicker at than when I first started. She said the trick was to keep practicing it with the machine and eventually it gets very easy. Hat the idea of ruining my hard work on a quilt by finishing binding by machine if I can't get it right. Maybe I should practice on small projects first, like potholders!