I stitch to the front, iron press the seam flat, then fold binding to the back, pinning binding every couple inches. I use YLI Wonder invisible thread to stitch on the binding seam on the front, using stitch that takes a nip to the left, then right, left, right, etc. I keep checking every couple inches to make sure the binding edges is being caught on the back. With the invisible thread and the #17 stitch on my Viking Rose, it looks like the binding is hand stitched.