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.