I love to hand bind. I find it really relaxing. I leave an extra 3 inches on my back piece, trim the batting to flush with the top piece. Then I fold the binding toward the edge of the front, wrong sides together. I hand baste long stitches toward the outer folded edge. The stitches will be hidden later and don't come out. The edge is now 1.5 inches wide, folded wrong sides together. After basting, I fold twice, toward the quilt top, and again. I end up with a nice uniform small binding edge. I hold it in place with binding clips and hand sew it down with an invisible stitch. I did it last night and night before while watching Project Runway. I leave about 3 inches out from corners open, and fold them last, cutting out extra fabric. So, when finished, the back of the quilt is all flat and the "edge" rests on the side and top. Best of all, no tedious piecing of strips. This worked on my most recent flannel twin size. Took about 5 hrs all together. Looks great.