Alternative to binding neck and armhole edges on jersey tops?

[Bodgeitandscarper]

I'll give that try next time, thank you 

[Efemera]

Just making another cap sleeve TShirt ( Santa Fe with alterations) in slinky jersey.. bound neck and armholes.its not perfect but near enough

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Ok, ok, I will master the dratted binder!!!  Do you use a single fold or double fold?  I've got both, but it's the double fold one that has a rake to guide the strip, so is that easier/better? 
I have to confess to trying them with randomly sized strips, so I'm sure if I cut the correct width it would help!

[Efemera]

That was done with a double fold, threaded through all the rakes and stitched with a chain stitch. have a single fold which is better with thicker fabrics and coverstitched. Cutting accurately is vital, I use a 24inch quilting ruler and a rotary cutter.

[Efemera]

This neck is serged on then coverstiched

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Gosh, that is so neat!  How do you keep your coverstitching so straight?  My Babylock BLCS is so hard to go slowly with, it tends to take off at high speed!

[Efemera]

I don’t look at the needles.. just the red line on the foot.

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Yes, I tend to watch the lines on the foot, and very recently got a transparent foot, so that helps.  It's just the way it goes so fast!  I did read, when I first had it, that you can alter an electric component in the foot pedal, that helped a bit, but not enough really, still hard to get it to go slowly!

[Vezelay]

I really like that @Efemera so I'll try covertopstitching next time. I've always done both lines of twin needling below the band seam line - no reason, I was just guessing that's what you did - but straddling the seam would be neater on the other side, so maybe that's better. Food for thought there.

[Efemera]

Another 2 done today

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Now that's just showing off   
I will try and get to grips with mine, I will!!!!!

Are they single fold or double fold?

[Efemera]

They’re all double... the blue spot just about caught the inside edge...it’s different every time you use it. Single fold is easier with the coverstitch rather than the chain stitch.

[Sewbee]

I hate putting binding on - I hate cutting it and the way it starts to curl in, I hate trying to decide what length to use and then having to do lots of pinning - and I still haven't practised with my binding attachment for the coverstitcher,   I have tried a sort of shell stitch over a very narrow hem that works ok, but looks a bit too fussy possibly.  So does anyone have any alternative quick and dirty edge treatments?  Not necessarily "correct" methods, but quick bodges?  Please? 

I am thinking of getting one of those bias tape maker gadgets. That way, you can make self bindings. Not sure what size to get, though. I am imperial-minded, not metric-minded.

[Lachica]

A Fran says. Accurate cutting is very important. For stretch fabric you want a single fold, easy to press a strip in half. I think using the folder gadget would be very difficult with stretch fabric. I recently bought a set of of the folding gadgets (from China, a set of 4 was around a fiver against £7 for one) The advantage is that they make all 3 folds at once and the result is consistent. Only works with thin fabric. Previously I used the method my Couture-trained aunty taught me: pins in the ironing board, pull the binding through whilst pressing. I always had trouble getting the side folds correct, though any thickness of fabric can be used and infinitely variable widths made.