The hardest part for me was how to join the ends of the double fold binding, and this site has great instructions and pictures. I printed it out and use it every time I do binding, and it always turns out great. I, too, machine sew it to the front and hand stitch to the back. Every time I try to do it all on the machine, it looks terrible.
http://pir8.freeservers.com/quilting...ding/index.htm