The last item I finished (my first Quilt Runner) was done in a Yellow and Blue, Rob Peter to Pay Paul drunkards path. There was so much quilting, when I turned the binding, it looked forlorn and lonely. So for once, I used a 1/4" echo quilting. Around and around and around, for all of the 2" of binding. Best part, even I could not tell where the binding was turned.
On all other quilted items, I have attached by machine on front, then turned, pressed, pinned and blind stitched by hand. Usually lap or baby quilt size! The Quilt Runner project wound up a little larger than I intended, at 92" x 38". So I was very happy with being able to machine stitch the entire binding!