As an aside, I wanted to mention that for quilt binding it is unnecessary to iron a strip in half first. In fact, my binding goes on better when I don't iron first. This is because not ironing allows the fabric to fold over so there is a little less in the underneath layer and a little more in the top layer. I had read about this for years before finally trying it once myself. Finding out that it not only saved me time, but made my binding better, convinced me to stop ironing binding strips.
I love my Clover bias binding tools for making bias strips for applique, though.