bearisgray

I do not press a fold into my binding - I do, however, baste the edges together - I use bias binding - so that the edges stay aligned.

Wonder if one could glue baste the edges together?

Barb in Louisiana

And that twisting was what drove me to always do bias binding. EVERY time I tried binding that wasn't bias I had a mess.

I don't iron my binding in half. That creates more problems for me. I just fold it in half and slightly stretch the binding as I sew it to the quilt. And I mean, very slightly. The feed dogs will almost always pull a little bit more bottom material through and the top (which is binding in this case) will be a tiny bit slack. This caused a problem for me. So lightly stretching the top keeps everything even. I only pin on the corners. I either pool the binding in my lap or over my right shoulder. Both ways work well for me. Rolling the binding on something just meant I ended up with it rolling away from me.

Mkotch

If I'm going to use the binding right away, I do iron it in half and, as I go along, I let it fall into an empty waste basket. Then I sew it right to whatever side of the quilt I want. Lately, I've been sewing it to the back and then machine sewing it to the front.

If I'm not going to use it right away, I iron it in half and just wind it over my hand and store it in a baggie that I attach to the quilt top. Then when I finally sew it to the quilt, I take it out of the baggie and let it puddle onto the floor as I sew it on.

quiltingshorttimer

I fold back and forth as I press it in half so that it's like 12" loops of binding. I then do what my beginner instructor said and "thow it over your shoulder" so that it lays out behind you. Before I do that I fit it around with the small clips at the corners to make sure that I'm not going to end up with a seam at the corner. Back to the loops and toss it over the shoulder. there's very few tangles. Besides at the corner and beginning/end I don't pin it.