As I attach my binding using the iron and Elmer's Glue 1st before stitching it to the quilt, this is how I attach my ends together. I leave around 10 inches of the beginning binding loose while I glue around the quilt. When I come to the end, I stop glueing about 10 inches from where I started glueing at the beginning. I bring the two ends together, opening the beginning strip and placing the ending strip inside. I've already pressed a miter at the beginning mind you. I put a couple drops of glue along the miter edge a little farther than 1/4" so the needle won't sew over it. I place the ending strip snug across the beginning strip and press. Then I take it to the machine, stitch along the folded line, trim to 1/4" seam and go back to my ironing board to finish glueing the rest of the bind to the quilt. Then I take the quilt to the machine and stitch the entire binding to the quilt in one sitting. I tried stitching the binding without glueing 1st and didn't care for the outcome. This has worked for me and I have no pins to prick me along the way.