I also routinely cut my binding 2-1/4 inches out of straight of grain fabric and fold it in half. I use my regular zig zag foot on my Bernina to sew it on the quilt front. The zig zag foot is just a tad over 1/4 inch and I find that gives me just the right amount of binding to fold to the back and hand stitch. I do all my joins in the binding at 45* because they make a smoother binding. If I am going to all machine sew a binding, I use Chariama’s QB tutorial on Quick machine binding with flange.