FroggyinTexas

I don't think it does, but I entered a front-stitched quilt in a judged show and the judges wrote on the critique sheet that binding should be blind stitched to the back. My hand stitching is pretty good, but there are enough flaws in it that I like my stitches that are big enough to catch a big toenail in to be hidden at the back instead of leaping out of the front.

DeniseP

I like to sew it to the back and then wrap it around to the front and machine stitch it. It comes out they way I like it and I don't have to hand stitch. If I have to hand stitch, the quilt will drag forever.

May in Jersey

Me too.
Front to back and handstitched down on most of my quilts.
The back to front ones are kid and charity quilts and they get zig zaged down by machine, it looks good and it much quicker. May in Jersey

damaquilts

I like front to back. I do the machine stitch on things like baby quilts that will get "destroyed" and quilts I am not being fussy about. I just cannot get the binding to look good , to me, if I machine stitch it down

lauriequilts

I sew to the front and turn to the back for hand stitching and do just the opposite for machine stitching.

MommaDorian

Would anybody mind sharing up close pictures of a binding that was machine stitched with a decorative stitch? I would love to see!!

Thanks.

patdesign

Been said before, but I stitch to back first, turn to front and top stitch close to edge. I use the color thread that best matches the backing for the bobbin thread. The key to getting all of this really, really even is to trim the quilt edges accurately (very even), and make sure the binding tape is cut and pressed very accurately, the rest is just following the edges with your chosen seam allowance. Top stitching on the top gives a nice finish on the quilt top whichis the most seen of course.:D

madamekelly

Me too!

Quilter2B

ditto.

shequilts

'Same here.