sewbizgirl

I machine sew the binding and never use any clips or glue. Just cut your quilt sandwiches' edges nice and straight when squaring up, and then lay the binding in line with the edge. Keep a little bit of tension on it when sewing it and follow some stitch guide: the edge of the machine foot, usually. It can't be anything but straight if you do that.

One little cheater trick: You can correct some imperfections with your iron. When you take the binding around to the back, no harm done if you straighten up any curves by pressing the binding forward a tad, over them. This is only for shortages in the seam allowances, not places where you took too much seam. Those will have to be picked out and re-sewn. If you follow your seam guide (foot) you will have very little of this, ever.

fayzer

I sew from the front, flip binding over and stitch in the ditch.

Pinkiris

Here's the link to Charisma's tutorial---http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...ge-t77821.html. It really looks terrific!

hevemi

I press my binding as in bias tape but I don't cut bias but straight strips for square items, the pressing lines work as stitching guides. I stitch to back first, turn the binding to front to cover the stitching line and stitch down using the walking foot. Sometimes, especially in small projects I might use the zipper foot but I prefer the walking foot, it keeps the lines neat in front and using the backing color bobbin thread takes care of the back side.

DOTTYMO

If you cut the wadding and front to size of finished quilt and cut the back 1 inch larger fold the back over to the front and fold in to make a binding . Now you can sew or decorative stitch on the front . My dislike of making some of the methods mentioned is I dislike2 stitch lines on the back or not on the correct place. .

ktbb

I stitch mine to the front, roll it to the back and pin in place so I can stitch from the front. When I put the pins in, I put the tip in next to the folded edge so when I'm stitching on the front I know where the edge is on the back and know that I'm catching the back binding in my stitch...The back isn't always perfect, but the front is, and who looks at the back, anyway?!?!

dcamarote

I sometimes stitch by machine on my charity quilts. On the front, I use a zigzag stitch. It hides a lot of mistakes and if it is not perfectly even, it shows less. Unless someone is going to get out a ruler and measure it all the way around, I think most of the quilts I have seen are not perfect. It you are entering a judged show, then I would worry about it. Otherwise, go with the flow.

topstitch

It takes a little practise but not so much. When you sew your binding to the back of the quilt use thread in the bobbin that enables you to see these stitches. You will use that as a point of reference. Once the binding is attached to the backing, fold the binding over the raw edge of the quilt and bring it up to, but not beyond, that row of contrastting thread. Sew close to the edge of the binding and you will have a even row of stitching that is near the edge on both the front and the back of the quilt. Sew slowly at first, you will get the hang of it sooner than you think.