Basketlady...you are the first one on this forum, besides me, who says she has put binding on quilt top before quilting! I guess I thought I was pretty weird for doing that, but it works for me. I usually stitch in the ditch or diagonals, but if I am sending the quilt out to a long armer, I don't do this cause they like to go off the edge. In this way, I always trim back and batt the last thing before I start hemming the binding by hand. Glad to know I'm not entirely alone. LOL.
Sue