I do my binding this way all the time. I hate doing the hand sewing. The trick is to just barely cover where you stitched it to the back and and then top stitch really close to the edge of the binding. Mine is never perfect on the back but it doesn't bother me. I like the way it looks on top and it sure beats all that hand sewing. Plus, I have found that when I have hand sewn it that after a few washings it starts coming out.