Almost every quilt I have come across in yard sales in GA were done this way. Even the ones that were quilted. Time honored tradition. And if you are happy with the outcome that is all that matters.
She gets her's machine quilted. Horrors!!! doesn't she know that the only Proper way to finish a quilt is hand quilted. She better get busy. lol

I do it that way too at times. It depends on how much fabric I have left around the edges. You can make your quilt anyway you want to.

What you are doing is called hemming. That's the way the older quilters always bound their quilts.

thanks#1peacemaker! I didn't know that

are we sisters? lol! I'm just glad my mother doesn't quilt! I've done a couple that way and see no problem with it.

So sorry to hear your mom is so critical. She must be unhappy with her life. My mom was always complaining too. But I miss her. Often they are speaking to themselves instead of us. Does she have a machine you 2 could drop the feed dogs and do machine quilting on to finish her quilts? Maybe she wants some time together. If not often I rent a machine at a local quilt shop and do my large quilts.

who makes the rules? enjoy your craft!

Airwick156 do we have the same mother?

You are doing everything correct. She is soooo wrong
in her judgement of your way of doing things.
When she starts to finish her quilts, she will realize that
your way is really the smart way.

Why is it cheating? No material is wasted. For years people have been resourceful in "making-do" because of what-evers. I myself can not afford to purchase everything needed so I make do. Are we getting too too picky and forgetting we each live a different way of life style? Sorry I think I got on a soap box but this I find a bit snobbish.