I don't have problems doing it any more, but did recently see a tute on McCall's quilting that was shared here. Tried it (working from memory, no less, which is a dangerous thing!) when I had a binding to put on Monday. Worked like a charm! Here is the link:
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/mccal...ining_the_Ends
And the thread that it came from, which has lots of suggested methods and tutes:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/links-r...t-t228030.html