I have to admit, I actually love to do hand finishing for my bindings. I know, it's crazy. But it's a rare occasion, especially these days with a five month old, that I get to sit down and just focus on one thing, so I like that hand binding forces me into it.
But also because I have a five month old, I've found that I need to adjust my sewing project plans to things that I can work on in shorter time periods. And I found that hand binding just doesn't fall under that criteria. So I tried a couple different machine binding techniques (zig-zag, blanket stitch, etc.) before I settled on this technique as my standard for machine binding.
I won't go over the steps prior to machine finishing the binding, other than to say I use a 2.5" binding width. There are some great tutorials out there if you'd like more details about how to attach the binding, my favorite being Sharon Schamber's tutorial.
So let's get started!
