nativetexan

I do tend to use my walking foot for binding. I put a pin where to stop at corners and it seems to work well for me.

RedGarnet222

I use my walking foot through the whole process of the binding. It is the amount of batting, fabric (bulk) and binding under the foot that requires the need for an even feed foot. Why make it hard on your machine? It is also for the benefit of the motor that you use the walking foot.

The walking foot has markings on the metal to assist you in the turning stopping point. But that being said, I also use a seam guide to mark it with a pin when I come close to the edge where you must turn. Just set the sliding bar on the seam guide to the measured seam size and then it is where you need to mark or pin to have a perfect place to stop when you are close to the edge where you must turn. Make sense?

Jo Belmont

I use my walking foot for about 90% of my sewing, and find it especially important for machine-applied binding. However, it is difficult to line up for close-to-edge quilting under the wide foot. Here's how I solved the dilemma and kept the advantage of the foot evenly moving all those layers of fabric and I get a hair's breadth near the folded edge of the binding:

Align all layers of fabric beneath the wide foot which ensures that not only both under feed dogs will get a good "grab" on the fabric, but so will the dogs on the walking foot. However, that leaves the needle not very close to the folded edge of the binding. So, simply adjust your needle to the side (width adjustment) and keep the folded edge lined up with the left-most edge of the walking foot. Works every time for me.

Hope this helps.

Jingle

I have sewn the binding on the front of my quilts. Sometimes with the walking foot, sometimes without.

carolynjo

I don't use a walking foot; I use a regular presser foot to sew the binding on and then I turn the binding to the back and pin and sew the binding down by hand.

cashs_mom

I use my Bernina to put a lot of bindings on. I seem to have the best luck with it without having to use the walking foot.

jcrilley

Never use a walking foot for bindings. I grip the area I am sewing, pulling it taut, behind the needle and in front of the needle, then let the machine feed it through. I also starch my binding when I am folding it in half before sewing. That may be clear as mud but don't know how else to explain it.

oksewglad

I don't own a walking foot, but use one at work...I don't care for it...obstructs my view. I've made 100's of quilts of my own from tiny to queen size and have never used one for binding.

leaha

Have Pfaff's with IDT and use it for quilting and binding, and most of the time for piecing too, just love it!