I like figuring out which fabric to use for the binding that will the perfect finish to my quilt. Either to make something in the quilt 'pop' or to tone the quilt down or to bring the whole thing together. I machine sew the binding to the front and hand stitch to the back. I don't mind the machine part at all, nor the hand sewing either for that matter. Sometimes it's a little difficult with a large quilt, but I can still get the binding machine sewn to a king quilt in about an hour. The hand sewing part might take me two evenings but that's no big deal.