grann of 6

If you can't back stitch with your walking foot then just shorten the stitch length when you get about a half inch from the end and stitch with the shortened length about another half inch over the beginning.

My time

Several women I know stitch their bindings on by machine. They start by sewing the binding to the back and turning it forward, mitering the corners, it's a good To use the same color thread as your binding.

cjr

This is what works for me. I avoid quilt police. I sew my binding on back, turn & machine stitch on front. My theory is it matches rest of quilting. I make quilts for use.So far no one has complained

Rettie V. Grama

Isew binding on both sides on the machine. My method for binding on the machine is simple. I want to make sure the stitching shows in the proper place on both sides. I use the longest basting stitch to start, if not correct, remove the portion that is wrong, correct then stitch with a beautiful scalloped stitch with scallop edge facving the edge. Makes a beautiful edge decor.

psquared52

I have a Janome 6600 and reverse stitch (plain stitching) with my walking foot all the time without issue. I do find the walking foot doesn't work if I am doing the fancy stitches so I have to switch the feet then. I machine sew my binding to the back and then again on the front, so I have more control over the look of the final stitching. I am not a fan of hand stitching...takes too long for me!

jljack

Overall it is NOT necessary to backstitch at the end of any seam in a quilt. Virtually all seams are stitched over by another seam. The quilting lines can be secured by the "stitch in place" method, which is what I do. For binding I do backstitch 1 or 2 stitches only. I sew the binding onto the front of the quilt, turn it to the back and hand sew it down. I like how you cannot see a stitch line on the binding.

misseva

I've had my generic walking foot for about 15 years and I back stitch with it all the time.

I sew my binding on the front and hand stitch to the back because I suck when it comes to sewing it on the front.

hopetoquilt

I drop the stitch length down to almost zero, take 5 stitches and then readjust stitch length back to normal. Do the same at end to secure. Works well.

grammysharon

You don't have to reverse stitch to lock stitches, just reduce the stitch lengh to tiny stitches. Mine basically stitches in place when I do this.

KwiltyKahy

I had never heard about not reversing with a walking foot, thank you. Early on, when learning about quilting, somebody told me that if your seam will be crossed by another seam, backstitching in not necessary. Makes sense to me and I've been doing it that way ever since.
When we sewed on my mother's old singer, we always secured the seams by stitching off the end and then lifting the foot and sliding it back and stitching to the end again. When we got a machine that reversed, we felt like we had moved uptown. Now we all have computerized machines and are in seventh heaven. What an explosion of technology in my lifetime!!!