Originally Posted by JanieW

For me, I like to hand sew the binding for a couple of reasons. One, I enjoy hand sewing; it’s my zen time. The other reason is I really really like how it looks. I don’t like the look of a machine sewn binding. Most of the quilts I make are donated and I want them to look the best I can.

I hope to find some time today to try an unironed binding to see what I think. Thanks for all the input everyone.