Originally Posted by BlueChicken
When I join the strips to make the binding, I sew them on the 45 degree angle, and they sit nice and flat and barely visible. The bit I'm having trouble with is where I start sewing the binding to the quilt, and then go all the way around and end up back where I started, it's that join that I'm having trouble with.
I sew the binding on as you do, machine stitch the front and hand sew the back. When I get to the end I make another 45 degree angle cut (the width of the binding larger) and sew together with the beginning.