I use 2 1/4 too. Sew by machine on the front and handstitch on back most of the time. Sometimes I machine stitch from the front. Here is my question. When sewing onto the quilt can you make the binding narrower or wider by playing with the width of your seam to sew it on? Like a binding cut 2 1/2 wide and then stitched with a 3/8 seam? Does that affect the final product?