My goodness, thanks so much for all of your comments. It really is just do it the way you want, isn't it? I'm ready to get started on the binding. I love this part of the quilting process. It's like frosting the cake. Just finishes everything up and frames the work of days, weeks, months, and sometimes years. It's just that extra wrap of love. I'm staying with the way I've been doing it for years, not going to iron that binding in half. I've learned to bind by machine and I'm staying with that too.
Thanks again for your responses! Such a great group of folks here!