If I'm using decorative stitching then I stitch first to the back and bring to the front. Otherwise I've found that I do better first stitching to the front, then folding binding to back, gluing it in place while I feel that it's matched with the front edge (just a smidge further in than the front seam) and pin. Then I very carefully stitch from the front, making sure that my seam falls into the ditch of the top & front binding. Most of the time I get a nice even seam in the back--I don't like doing big quilts this way as so much under the needle.