I have actually machine sewn the binding on.
I just pin it down and then use my walking foot. I set the side of the foot to follow the edge of the binding for some sort of control/keeping stitching straight.
I just use a pretty stitching to give it some sort of nice detailing.
That's what I'm thinking of doing with this heart quilt I am making.
I have a pattern on my machine that will do hearts and I think maybe doing hearts on the binding would look nice.