I sew the binding to the back using my 1/4" foot as the guide; then turn it to the front and sew the edge with a straight seam or a decorative stitch. With a straight seam, on the back it often looks as if I had sewn an outline stitch in the border along the binding to match the outline stitch I do on the other side of the binding. I cut my binding strip to 2.5" as so many of you do.