I do the exact same thing as Scissor Queen!!! I trim the quilt to match the open side of the binding and with the 3/8 sewing line and 2.5 inch double folded binding it looks great. Glad to see someone else does it the same way. Unless you really hate to hand sew to the back, I think you will be much happier with the final look to hand sew instead of stitch in the ditch.