I hope other people took not of what Patricia Drew said about her method of stitching around her quilt and being able to pull up a stitch when necessary. This is a great tip for minor difficulties. I do some of this a bit differently. After quilting and before trimming I do sew around the quilt being sure that I hold the layers straight and flat as they go into and out of the machine. After examining the back of the quilt to be sure it is straight and flat I use a long ruler to trim away the excess backing and batting. Then I stitch on the binding which I make 2 1/4 inch wide. Depending on who the quilt will be gifted to determines whether I sew on the back and machine sew on the front, or, sew on the front and hand stitch on the back.