Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
I was told to NOT press the binding. The reason being, when you press, you're dividing the binding evenly in half. But, when you attach the binding, and pull it to the back to stitch it down, there's a little more than half of the material on the piece you see, and less than half on the piece you don't see, since the visible piece has to cover more distance.
That is a good point. I press it in half to make the double binding but I don't press it half to divide the front from the back.
And as dunster said, I also like to have my binding full of batting so when I trim the batting I don't trim it even with the quilt top, instead I leave approx 1/4" of batting beyond the edge of the quilt.