sewingpup

I always use my walking foot and a serpentine stitch for my bindings. I first stitch the binding on the back with a straight stitch. Then I pull the binding to the front placing the edge just a little beyond the stitch line of the binding. I adjust my serpentine stitch length and width to get a gentle curve that I like using a small scrap of quilted material. Once I have the binding pulled to the front and adjusted to just a little beyond the stitch line, I use the left inner edge of my foot to keep the edge of the binding lined up and do start stitching....this usually keeps everything straight and the stitching is on the binding on the back too... Depending on your foot, you many need to tweak where you are lining everything up a bit so just get a sample and try different points on your foot to line things up with. The corners can be tricky and do take some practice to get clean....but I now have mastered that for the most part....I stop stitching 1/4 inch from the corner, break the thread....make the mitered corner and resume stitching....works just fine but took me a bit of practice and remembering not to tug on the fabric and now most of the time, my stitches do not show on the corners on the backing as they are on the binding part. I match my thread to the binding. Oh, and I don't pin or clip anything....just use my fingers...to finger pin things in place as I go ...slowly....oh...and make sure you don't stitch over your fingers...ouch!