I personally enjoy the binding, one reason is it's almost done the other is sitting down to hand stitch the back is very relaxing. I do it while watching TV. I bought the Fons and Porter binding tool a couple of weeks ago and used it for the first time this past weekend i was very pleased with how perfect my binding turned out...no guess work at the end. I've only made a few quilts so far so I also keep a copy of how to do binding nearby so I can refer to if need be. Good luck, you'll get it. Remember this is supposed to be fun.