I found this link for a ladder stitch. It is the same stitch I learned as a little girl to hem skirts. I think they called it blind stitching. Anyway it is a nice stitch that looks much better than any whip stitch can.
http://turningturning.com/tutorial-i...quilt-binding/
Whoops, looks like someone else found the same thing and learned the same thing I learned in 4-H!