I am going to make a baby quilt as gift, and I am thinking ahead to the binding stage already. I'm thinking it would be a good idea to machine stitch the binding on to make it more secure. I experimented this morning with a scrap sandwich I made from some leftover materials from my latest wall hanging project, and I'm not sure I like the results. I tried the quilt applique stitch on my Brother machine, and it looks nice but only if you are dead on the stitching line and do not sew the straight part of the stitch on the binding - the horizontal part that comes over to the right should "bite" into the binding only. Looks very secure, but it is hard to stay on track! Tried the zig-zag, it holds well, but not very pleasing to the eye. I then used the serpentine stitch that Jenny demonstated in her tutorial, and tried two different ways. One is with it centered over the binding edge so that it equally stitches on the quilt top and the binding, the other is centered directly on the binding only. They both look nice, but it seems to leave part of the binding "flapping in the breeze" where the binding meets the quilt top between the loops. It is reversible, so the binding could be sewn on the top as usual so that it is securely sewn on the topside while the bottom will have the "flap" issue. Any advice from experienced machine binders will be appreciated! I'm using the Sharon Shaumberg method of hand sewing the binding on quilts now, and the result is nice although I don't think my binding will be durable for a utility quilt that will be washed many times over.