How wide do you cut your binding? I cut mine 2 3/4. That extra 1/4 in seems to make turning/sewing binding to front so much easier.

If I do mine on the machine, I cut 2 1/4" .2 1/2" when I used to do them by hand.

If you want to bring the binding on to the front of the quilt, try this technique. I use a decorative stitch when I stitch my binding on. As long as your binding is the same width all the way around the front, the stitch on the back should also be evenly spaced from the edge.

http://www.lorettaalvarado.com/binding.htm

Are they supposed to match? LOL

I sew my binding to the front then SID in the front and make sure to catch
the binding at the back. How do I make sure to catch the binding at the
back? I use lots of pins, then a thin line of Elmer's School glue, press,
remove the pins. Do this all around a a few feet at a time then start
sewing. Prepping takes longer than the sewing but it's so worth it.
Sometimes I might have to hand-stitch the corners but I'm not too anal
about it unless it really sticks out. For me the pinning is the most important
because that's where I check if the SID will cover it or not. If it's a little
too narrow I trim the batting a little as I go.
At first I would put a pin to see where the sewing line will go then it gets
easier and I can just feel it...like a nail length. I have short nails BTW. LOL
Does this makes sense? It would probably be easier if I could show you in
person. :)

I have done all my bindings by machine for years since I had hand surgery (joint resection for osteo-arthritis). I usually cut my binding
2-1/2" wide, fold in half and press, and sew to the front of the quilt. I next go to the ironing board and press the binding away from the quilt. Then I fold the binding to the back of the quilt and either pin, or use hair clips to hold the binding in place, and stitch either in the ditch, with blanket stitch sometimes, sometimes with the feather stitch. It doesn't look perfect on the back, but it gets done. If I had to do all my bindings by hand, none of them would get done, as even after the surgery, I still have to be careful not to overdo handwork.

Ditto

Me too. Love the look of hand stitched binding.

Try using a faux piping binding, it works really well and looks great too. Here is a link to a tutorial for it:

http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com/2010...-tutorial.html

That is too cute! I'm going to have to try that! Thanks for sharing!