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This is a good tute to watch. But I have learned that you do not need to take the quilt out of the machine at the corners. Sew on a diagonal into the corner and leave the needle down at the last stitch. Turn the quilt to sew down the next side. Pinch the binding to put the binding in a position to come down the next side. Lay this pinch down so the binding is in the right position. Now lift the needle and move the quilt over that 1/4 or 3/8 in. to the next seam line, and start sewing right at the very top. No need to cut that short thread.

I have also found a tute that shows how to sew the ends of binding together the way I do it. I'll try to find it.

Here it is:http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/5489
At about 15 minutes into the tute, she shows how to sew the beginning and end together.
Another thing that I do is: I press a triangle into the beginning of the binding strip. This is now the measurement of where to cut the tail of the binding, and also the stitching line for sewing the beginning and tail after it has been well pinned.