Cool quilt, Watson! I don’t enjoy the handstitching part of binding either, so I only hand stitch bindings for show quilts these days.
Here’s what I do to get a good looking machine stitched binding:
For double fold binding
1. stitch binding to back.
2. Flip binding to front and use wonder clips to hold in place
3. Use adjustable zipper foot adjusted so needle is inside the left notch on the foot as you are facing the machine.
4. Keep left edge of foot at edge of binding and stitch down with a straight stitch removing wonder clips as you come to them.
Rob