bindings

when i do charity quilts, or any other quilt that will get alot of use (washings), i put my binding on by machine. i use double fold bias and attach it to the back of the quilt, then wrap it around to the front. i use the serpentine stitch on my machine keeping the center of the foot right on the binding edge -- looks kinda like this:
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which enables the stitches to land on both the binding and the quilt top. that way it doesn't have to be exact and precise, matching on the back too. it puts lots of stitches in each part of the curve (maybe 5-6) so it is held on very well. i used to try to straight stitch along the edge and catch the ditch on the back, but that was SO hard. when i get to the corners i put it in reverse and it kinda makes a little circle right where the miter is so it catches everything.
dutchrose ---{-@