I make quilts and blankets, I am tired of doing them by hand. I have to date tried three different sewing machines all with the same results. When I sew the material 1/8-inch from the edge the machine will jam and bind the material and the thread. I do not understand why. I have gone to several different sewing places and they cannot tell me why.

I need to replace our binding system (currently using a GBC wirebind system) and am hoping to get a comb bind – electric machine. It’s for an office of about 50 people, we bind about 50 proposals (3 – 60 pages) a week on average. Any tips would be helpful!

I was wondering if it was possible to run a plastic binder cover (like the kind you use with a comb binding machine) through my printer? I’m not sure if the ink would even actually stick to it… or if it might even melt in my new printer? I have a new Kodak ESP3… so I don’t want to mess it up! Anyone know? I know you can buy clear sheets made for the inkjet printers… but I didn’t know if these were different… Thanks in advance.

What kind of binding machine is it? I’m on a budget but was thinking of buying one before Christmas to make copies of activity books to give away.