I'm not from Texas but I sometimes use the backing wrapped to the front as binding too. It all depends on the quilt. If I'm making a very scrappy, drag around get washed often quilt, this method of binding is fast and works perfectly. If I'm cutting binding (I use Shelley Rodgers continuous bias binding method, which is the best easiest method ever), I cut my binding at least 2.5" and up to 3" if the quilt is flannel. I always machine stitch my bindings, so I sew them to the back first and bring them to the front and top stitch them. Sometimes I use a fancy stitch. I think bindings done this way look good and wear well. No one that I have ever made a quilt for complained that my bindings were machine quilted.My bindings done this way end up being a little wider on the front than the back but that doesn't bother me or any of the quilt users.