Binding...whats your preferred width?

[Rhealene]

I like to use 2.5" binding.... when I trim the quilt up after quilting, I like to leave about 1/4" of the batting sticking out past the edge of the quilt so when I sew the binding on the little bit of extra batting fills up the binding making it a little puffy instead of flat and the width of the binding after sewn on gives a very nice visual finish.