I use bias binding for almost all of my quilts. I'm obsessed with using striped bias binding, I think my favorite part of making a quilt is finding the perfect stripe to use for the binding. I just watched Jennys' bias binding tute and while it's easy to follow, she wastes a lot of that 1/2yd of fabric. I get much more binding(26 feet, over 300 inches) from the same 1/2yd by using Shelley Rodgers method, and no special ruler needed either. Shelley also has a fantastic tutorial for joining the ends of your binding.
http://piraterodgers.com/tutorials/c...htm#directions
She likes to talk so her instructions are very verbose, but very easy to follow, and once you've done it the first time, you'll get it down pat.
Cari