I am not really a fan of birthing a quilt. I can never get as smooth an end product as I can with binding. You might like facing your quilt. You quilt your quilt how you want it, then you sew 4 strips of fabric on all 4 sides. These strips are all turned to the backing and hand stitched in place. I like to match the strips to my backing fabric so they blend in but you don’t have to. Look up “ facing “ a quilt on YouTube.