I have never sewn around the edges of my quilt sandwich prior to sewing on the binding. I have a longarm and quilt my own quilts so I made sure that my quilting is within a quarter inch of the edge of my quilt top as much as possible. I do use a walking foot when I sew the binding on the top of my quilt (never had a tuck yet) and hand sew the binding to the back of my quilts, including sewing the mitered corners, front and back, using thread that matches the color of my binding. I press my binding in half, keeping the raw edges together, but I don't press in another fold. I don't pin, glue or steam-a-seam my binding down, just lay it along the already trimmed edge of my quilt and sew. I use hair clips (3 of them) to fold the binding over when I am hand sewing it down - holds it firmly, easy to move and never sticks me!