Originally Posted by May in Jersey
Binding is important:
make sure the batting and backing are the same size so when you turn the binding back to handstitch it down the batting fills the binding,
the binding in the corners should be square and the little fold over gets sewn down when you handstitch the binding down (don't know why this is important but I've been told quilt judges always check this).
Good for you for expanding your quilting, Good Luck, May in Jersey
My FMQ instructor just talked about this last week. He has entered many, many quilt shows and he said that if your binding isn't stuffed, you will fail everytime!