I had a small success today! For years I have always done my bindings by hand, even though it now is difficult because my fingers fall asleep (I'm sure I have carpel tunnel; I just try to manage it). Previous attempts at using my machine to straight-stitch down the binding didn't look very good.
However, today I decided I would give it another try with my Bernina Artista 200E. I'd never used the blanket stitch on it; in fact, didn't know where to find it on the machine (this after owning it almost 5 years--did I say life has intervened in the process?)! It took a while to track it down (it's in the quilting stitches). I pinned down quite a ways on one side, put in some Sulky thread on top, and went to it.
It worked great! I did in 30 minutes what would have taken me a couple of hours on this smallish wall hanging. It's very flat, looks nice, and is very sturdy, which is good enough for me! I think I'll be doing a lot of mine this way, especially bed quilts.
This piece was also quilted using my Bernina Stitch Regulator. You can see the stitches are nice and even. I really love free-motion quilting.
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