Thank you Margo for the link to Sharon Schamber's curved binding tutorial. This is exactly what I needed to see, though I'll have to watch the inner princess dart technique in Part 4 a couple more times to nail down the technique. There are 40 of those inner darts on this double wedding ring, so If all goes well, I'll be an expert in curved bindings later this week. lol Thanks again.

Tigercatindia, here is a link to a series of 5 Sharon Schamber You Tube videos about how she prepares curved binding. She does the final stitching by machine, but you could certainly prepare yours this way and finish it off by hand if you want to!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKKA5WJoW8c&playnext=1&list=PL792AE89DEA119527&feature=results_main

This subject may have been covered earlier. If so, I hope someone will direct me to the discussion.

Just two days ago I finished hand-piecing and hand-quilting a large double wedding ring quilt and wondering about the feasibility of applying the binding on by hand. With all the curves and points, I feel I'd have better control by hand (and daunted at managing all that bulk at the sewing machine), but have no idea how to begin, other than to cut the strips on the bias. Do you stitch through just the top fabric, or through top and batting, or through all three layers. I'm sure someone on this forum has successfully attempted this before and I'd love a little sharing of techniques.

Thanks.