I sew bindings professionally (meaning people pay me to do it.) Here are my tips for a full binding:
DO NOT IRON THE BINDING IN HALF.
I use a 2" wide strip for binding. This will give you a 1/4" binding width on both front and back of quilt.
DO NOT IRON THE BINDING IN HALF.
Make sure, as you're sewing the binding on to the edge of the quilt, that you have a 1/4" seam. I cannot tell you how many customer bindings I work on, where the customer has attached the binding with less than a quarter-inch seam.
And once again, DO NOT IRON THE BINDING IN HALF.
Last edited by Peckish; 10-27-2015 at 03:29 PM.