Love doing the binding too. Not for any sense of accomplishment, but because it's where the painstaking and mindless converge.

I too like doing binding. I like the slip stitching. As of late, I have switched to Mettler thread for all of my hand sewing. Works like a charm! No knotting at all.

It's a feeling of accomplishment when you are done.

I enjoy the hand sewing portion of binding, so 'No', you're not weird.

I still have to get my binding instructions out when I am at the stage where I joing the beginning & ending strips to the top.

I'm in, I like to sit and do binding, thinking about the whole quilt and the process for making it or the person that is going to be receiving it.

Vicky~

I also enjoy binding! So glad I'm not alone! ha ha

I would like to know the "secret" to binding by machine. My daughter finished a quilt, and I "tried" to bind by machine. It didn't turn out well; had to take it off - and that is where we are with it now. The side we sewed on was fine, but missed lots of spaces on back side. She even pinned it! Help.

As always, thank you guys for all your encouragement and help :)

YES.....

Yes :) :) :) :) For all you quilters who like binding---I wish I were your neighbors---I get sick just thinking about it!!!! I am so glad I just learned a neat way to do machine binding that looks nice. Except to "special" quilts, I am going to try to do a machine binding on each one. I make large quilts so you are correct to assume I have some all quilted but waiting for me to put that binding on! :-( Have a great day!

I enjoy binding by hand. I am a perfectionist when it comes to the binding, so I don't want anyone else doing it.

Go to the blog---http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com and search the tutorials for "faux piped binding tutorial". I use that and it is wonderful. You machine bind from the front and end up with a really nice finish.