It depend on the type of binding I am using. Some quilts I sew the binding on the front and flip it to the back and hand sew it. My current favorite binding is fake piped binding. If you google it there are tons of tutorials for it. You use 2 colors and sew it to the back and flip to the front. Once you get the hang of it it is wonderful. The hardest part is the corners. Look at the tutorials for it. Once you learn how it is awesome. I'm not good at explaining things. I cut my piping color 1 1/2 and the main color 1 1/4 inch. Try it.