I was taught by my grandmother to bind a quilt that way. That is the way her mother taught her. Tacky is in the eye of the beholder. I also did a quilt, binding that way, for a county fair, the theme was primitive quilts. The quilts had to be done totally by hand and when going to the museum to research patterns, etc., I noticed most of the quilts were finished with the backing pulled to the front and stitched down and the patterns were simple blocks from what ever the ladies had to work with. Tacky, I think not.

And to think I was JUST GETTING READY to START doing mine that way...well I was going to hand stitch it down. And why don't you all spell out DM GM and at least some of those abbreviations so the rest of us know who you are talking about. It is only a few extra strokes on the keyboard!!!

To quote you "terrible-tackey-unprofessional"and A bad attitude is the disability you HAVE.

That's not tacky. I did my fish panel quilt like that and it turned out nice.

It's your quilt, finish it how ever you want!

That method is not tacky at all. That's the way my GM and DM did their quilts.

NOT tacky,
very logical way to do it.
I do it all the time, and
it is my preferred method.
J J

Nothing is set in tablets of stone - you do it how you want, and if someone criticises - tell them that traditionally it was whichever way suited the quilt/quilter.

I love to do binding. I make my binding during the process
of the quilt and set it aside. Just make sure you know what
you did with it. Ha When I'm ready for it, it seems relaxing
to know that I'm almost done and while I am sewing the back
by hand I always do it when I'm visiting with someone and enjoy it. I took a class on sewing the back binding down with my machine but I can't get it perfect and I enjoy doing the hand sewing. I do not hand quilt often cause I don't have that much patience. To each his own and thats what I like about quilting. Do it the way you want to

Both methods are equally common and equally acceptable. In both cases, the level of "professionalism" depends on how well the job was done. Neither are tacky at all.