I took out the neckline binding that I did incorrectly shown here and am working through this tutorial so kindly sent to me from a friendly fellow sewing blogger, though it did take me multiple readings through it – I still don’t know what “quarter marks” are, I’m guessing it’s marking off at every 1/4th inch – and I was still stumped staring at the pictures and reading it trying to figure out the first step, but then the lightbulb DID turn on…shown below, this is how I’m interpreting that first step.
The right side of the binding needs to be pinned to the wrong side of the neck opening of the garment. Which side of the binding you pin to the edge of the garment is crucial, you need to be able to stitch the two edges together, then bring up the binding and fold it over onto itself, then on to the neck opening of the garment. What you are doing essentially then is finishing the edge of the binding at the same time you’re finishing the edge of the garment…get it? More later tonight. First I have to take my precious baby to the vet because I believe he has Colitis. 
Quarter marks means that on the shirt you find the front center, back center, and the points on each side that are midway between front and back, and mark them. (Picture a circle quartered by four marks around its circumference.) Then mark four points on your binding that also divide it into quarters. When you sew the binding on, match each of the four marks on the shirt to one of the four marks on the binding. This is a way of making sure the binding is stretched evenly, with the same amount of shirt neckline stitched onto each of its quarters.
(Hi. I found your blog surfing the “sewing” tag on wordpress — I’m a mom of 4 in Utah, who loves to sew (but never finds time to.)
Ahhh…that was my other guess…thank you! more tomorrow as I pick up where I left off earlier today.
look at you climbing Mt. Everest!!! oh yes, learning new things can be so frustrating but OH how good it feels when we (finally) scale the top, non/
oh yes! it’s funny, sewing is the only place that I really stick with something that is difficult for me, unlike how many times I’ve attempted to learn Spanish…how many classes I’ve signed up for and paid for only to drop out and try to get my $ back (2), how many tutors I’ve hired on (3) only to cancel after a couple sessions, how many books I’ve bought in the attempt to teach myself (8)…and my husband speaks fluent Spanish…hello?!
I think what it is… It’s visual AND it’s tactile. It’s something you do with your hands AND your brain, that combination works for me. AND sewing is like a puzzle…you make the pieces, you figure out how they fit together and then you finish it. So, even when it’s hard…I don’t give up, I WANT to keep at it vs. thinking I HAVE to keep at it.
There is something so perfect about sewing that no other activity/task/hobby/whatever you want to call it/calling/endeavor/etc. comes close.
Whereas with Spanish…gah! I wish it would just be there in my head…