I prefer to bind the edges of my quilts and it's a good chance to throw in a different coloured edging too - as for hand vs machine quilting I choose machine as I would like to have my quilts finished in this lifetime, not the next!
I have a wonderful CD of songs by Cathy Miller of Canada, all quilting songs - several have an Oz connection. I have been fortunate enough to hear Cathy sing them too; she sang for my quilting group a few months ago. The CD is called One Stitch At A Time and nearly all the songs were written by Cathy. Songs to quilt by!
Cheers
JennieG