Thank you for the link to the flange binding!!!

Where can I find this tutorial; I tried but could not find it...thanks....

I machine all my bindings. Some to the front and some to the back and I have no trouble with seeing the stitching. After all you can see the quilting stitches. Do what pleases you.

You can go to page #2 of this thread and gale has put a direct link in green letters that will take you right to it OR you can type in Quick Machine Binding with flange in the search bar at the top of this site. The search bar will bring up all similar threads and then you look for Charisma's name.

busy fingers: good point... the quilting threads do show through. never thought of that. Thank you everyone for your thoughts.

Sharon Schamber has a terrific tutorial on You Tube. Type in her name and "binding" .... you will learn lots watching it. I just put on my first binding using her Elmer's Glue method. Saved me hours of time and the binding is really nice. But you can see the stitches.

My preference is to stitch the first side by machine then use the ladder stitch for the 2nd side. I like the fact that no stitching shows on either side. Do what you are comfortable with - that is the only thing that counts.

I just used the Faux Piped Binding (demo was given by a guild member) and if you Google these words, there are web sites on this. It is very similar or same as the method described by Tartan. It works like a dream, even with the corners! I also have attached binding from the back by machine and then stitched it down on the front with a decorative machine stitch such as a feather stitch. Looks good on both sides, too.

I don't worry about the stitches showing; they have to go somewhere! I would worry if I were entering it into a prestigious show, but that will never happen! My hand-sewn bindings are still in place on my quilts after years and years.

This is what I do too. I use a "stitch in the ditch foot" for the top stitching and move my needle a few spaces to the right. That way my stitching is consistently catching the edge. I pin the entire binding down first and use a stiletto to hold the edge over to the foot, when I remove the pin. As you can see from the photo, I over stitch the corners a bit. It just makes me feel like the corners are more secure. On the front side it is almost invisible. I do ALL my bindings like this unless it is for a show. It is especially durable for quilts that are going to get lots of abuse, like kid quilts. Good luck![ATTACH=CONFIG]429262[/ATTACH]