Hi DeMaris
Re equal binding widths on front and back of quilt - Marci Baker discusses this here
http://youtu.be/Ot7Trk6J2Vw
in a you tube video about joining binding ends. She does not iron her folded strip in half before applying the binding.
When I think of doing that I see a lot of pleats becoming a design element in my binding - but she doesn't seem to
have a problem. Alicia's Attic videos have a ton of good info.
Re the original question about where to stop before the miter - I think that measurement is the same as the seam allowance.
Thanks for your question - it makes me think about what I am doing and also see the approach other quilters use. I will be
trying the 2 tips about folding binding into thirds and the one about trimming the quilt sandwich after sewing down the
binding.
Lefty - in Philly