Originally Posted by orangeroom
When you attach your binding, do you machine sew it on, or machine sew the top and hand sew the back? Why?
I prefer hand sewing on the back, but understand why some prefer machine.
I do both. It depends on the item. On quilts used by adults, I hand sew with slip stitch. They don't get as much abuse as some of the other things I make. If I am making a child's blanket, and if the child is young, I machine stitch because the blanket will probably get dragged through the mud and used for tug-of-wars and I don't know what all of other kinds of mayhem. For my Bags and other types of useful items, It depends again. How will it be used, defines how it is attached. How is that for an ambivalent answer.
John