I was pretty frustrated about bindings to. I was following a blog called crazymomquilts and she had a tutitorial on binding. Eventhough I read it over and over; my DIL suggested practicing with potholders and now I can do perfect ones. Doing the happy dance. I usually use 2.5 inch strips, but some quilters use 1.5in ones. Good Luck, U will become great at it.