So for those who never press their binding in half -- are you still stitching through two layers of the binding for the classic double binding? Or are you advocating a single layer binding?
I'm having a hard time envisioning what the benefits are.
Yes, the binding is the classic double, and yes, you're stitching through 2 layers. It's
folded in half, not
pressed in half.
When you press it in half, the act of pressing gives the fabric memory. A crease is created, and that's where the fabric wants to fold from that point on. But if you think about a running track, the inside lane is shorter than the outside lane, right? So when you fold the fabric around to the back of the quilt, the inner layer of binding is shorter than the outer layer of binding, and the binding will not lay as nice and flat.
When I first learned this technique, I thought to myself, oh good grief, how much difference could that tiny amount of fabric
really make, especially in something as narrow as binding? But it's one less step, and pressing is not my favorite chore anyway, so I tried it without pressing. And holy cow, it made such a huge difference that I vowed never to press bindings again.
