I have done it both ways, just curious how everyone does it and which way looks better. :lol:

i do it both ways too it just depends on which way will look best with the quilt

It depends on the project. I do it both ways. But I always machine stitch my bindings.

I machine stitch to the front and wrap around to the back with a blind stitch.

If I want to hand stitch the binding down, I sew to the front, turn to the back. If I am going to machine stitch it down, I do just the opposite.

I just finished hand-stitching the last side of the binding on a quilt I "finished" over a year ago. I DESPISE HAND SEWING! For some reason, I didn't mind hand-stitching the last baby quilt I made, but large quilts ... I will forevermore stitch to back and wrap around to the front.

I do both ways, like to hand sew, but off course it's quicker by machine.

Has any of you tried out the

"Easy quick mitered binding tool" ?

Would like to know how it works, it seems easy.

Front to back for me. I jut like the way it looks when I'm done.

ok - silly question time - but why does it matter?

I usually turn it from the front to the back, unless I am sewing down by machine, then I turn it from the back to the front.

I don't think that it matters. It is entirely a personal choice. If you are doing all of the binding by machine, wrapping it from the back to the front and top stitching it down, ensures that your binding looks great on the front. This way you can even select a decorative stitch and have it straight and even. If you are planning on hand stitching it down, everyone I know, stitches it to the front and wraps it to the back. Your binding, your choice. As my daughter reminds me "The baby won't care!"

Me too!

Here the same.

Jan in VA

I machine stitch mine to the front, turn to the back and hand stitch down. :D The only exception to that is if I'm doing a pet quilt - then I machine stitch to the front, turn it, pin it and machine stitch it to the back staying in the ditch of where it's stitched on the front. (easier to do than describe! lol)

When I hand-stitch one side, I go front to back.
When I machine-stitch the whole thing, I go back to front.

Same here.

ditto

I machine stitch my binding on the front, and hand stitch
on the back.

These are the methods I use.

Pam M

Same here as for the project. If I turn to the back, I hand stitch. If I bring to the front, I decorative stitch.

I ALMOST ALWAYS sew onto the front, turn to the back and hand stitch it down. I like how the seams disappear...after all that work on the top I don't want even 1 seam showing!!

It's not that much work...and the overall look it worth it.

:-)

i like the look of sewing on the front by machine, turning it to the back, and hand stitching.

I just learned how and that is exactly how I was taught.

I sew front to back, then machine stitch in the ditch. Usually turns out OK

I always do back to front and stitch down on the sewing machine using decorative stitching but I bet it would look just as nice from back to front.

Ditto.

If finishing by hand, I machine sew it to the front and hand stitch to the back. If machine sewing (never really happy with that, some quilts just gotta get done) I stitch to the back and turn to the front.

Me too!

I do the same.

I prefer back to the front. Decorative finished can be put on the top whilst finishing.(I find hand stitching to the back boring as well as more difficult now that I have two numb fingers).Sometimes the choices are the simplest path.

Me, too!

For me it depends on who the quilt is for. If it will be washed frequently , (baby or charity quilt) I stitch binding onto the back and machine stitch on the front. Otherwise I stitch to front and hand stitch to back.

I have done it both ways, but mostly back to front.

I usually stitch the front and then wrap to the back, but after seeing the recient fake piping binding tute I will be trying that next time.

It depends on the look I want so I do it both ways. I really think it is a personal preference.

Aman I am like you also.

I sew mine on the back, then the front. All by machine. In threads that go with the fabrics. :)

I do front to back, usually. Once I mistakenly sewed the binding to the back first and found it really didn't make any difference. So, there ya go :)

I turn to the front and use a decorative machine stitch to finish. Much easier!

i sew the binding on the front, then turn to the back to sew, either by hand or machine.......only one time did i sew to the front, when i tried to used a decorative stitch to sew it down.....never again, it was a mess..........gina