I've used it and had no problem. I used it on some granddaughter quilts. The backing fabric as just so cute I was going to cut it to bind it with the same material, then realized just using it from the back forward made a lot of sense. And was a lot quicker than machine sewing on the binding, turning it over and hand stitching the back. But I usually bind in a different color. So it just depends on your quilt and what you like. No rules here.