I use my giant ironing board to make bindings, pressing four feet in one swoop, rolling it up on a roll of postal tape, ironing the next four feet, etc.

The roll of heavy postal tape keeps the binding in place on my sewing machine cabinet and I just unwind a few feet at a time as I'm applying the binding to the quilt.

I looked at the video and this looks okay - but you can only do one iron's length at a time.

Folding strips in half and pressing them is about the simplest part of quilting, already, so I don't know as it would be of any real help to me.

I simply put the iron flat side down on the ironing board, fold about 6" worth, keep the iron down and pull the folded binding through with the right hand and with the left keep folding it in half. Goes fast and no burned fingers and no expense.

I put this on my quilting wishlist at Christmas time, and DH bought it for me. It does fall into the category of useful gadget, and as others have mentioned, a safety pin correctly placed can do a good job. What I like about it is the printed widths on the pressing pad, and that it can be a portable pressing pad for me.

Cheers, K

I'm tempted to buy it. Nancy's Notions has it for $19.99.

Just another gadget to take my fabric money!! What's the big deal to fold a strip in half and iron it??