I gotta tell ya, I've been quilting a long time and binding is still my weakest skill! I have found that using bias binding has been more forgiving for me. And if I hand sew the back on, it always looks so nice. However, I have a nerve damage in my neck, right shoulder, elbow and wrist from a car accident over 25 years ago. Anything that requires fine motor skills such as hand sewing is difficult to do. My fingers go numb within the first 5 stitches and I no longer can hang onto the needle. I have done the hand sewing for special items but it takes me almost longer to hand sew it on than it does for me to cut, piece and quilt the darn thing!!!