My stitch is similar to Tartan's also. I use a double thread.

Tartan's way s mine too! I am going to look for those needles with the larger eye! I knot my thread at the corners and about every 20 stitches on the sides. I have never had to reset a binding but it is easy to do this way and if any comes unseeded it will be a quick fix!

I put my bindings on using my sewing machine. I think it's quicker and much more durable. If I decide to do a hand binding, I use a ladder stitch. I've never had any problems with a ladder stitch becoming unsewn. I will admit that I shorten my ladder stitching more than I would if I were using it on clothing.

I've never had a binding come undone and I do almost all of mine by hand. By traveling the thread through the binding and batting you don't see the stitches and they are secure. I don't press my binding for this reason as it is easier to travel with the thread under a softly folded binding than one with a sharp crease. I use one strand of thread and a fine needle.

Like Tartan (and many others), my needle travels into the backing/binding and then comes up about every 1/8” to catch a few threads of the binding...and then back into the backing/binding. I machine bind baby quilts that are surely going to get a lot of washing.

Another here who machine binds all my quilts. I just am not able to do hand sewing due to physical issues. I attach to the back first and then fold over to the front. Not perfect but it's the best I can do, and no one has complained yet. LOL, to my face anyway.

I don't use thread, instead I find johnson and johnson non scented dental floss, in the white rectangular container, does not twist or turn and will not break, it is easy to thread into a small needle, and buries into the binding, batting very well. I used to make porcelain dolls and this is what we used to attach the hands, feet and heads.