When I started quilting that was the only method I knew. And I tied most of those quilts. It was such a relief to learn the sandwich/binding method because the worst part of the birthing was sewing the layers together, the batting was looser and was forever getting caught in the presser foot, I would put a thin paper over it, to tear off later, then trim the batting back before birthing it. My guild would do it for Linus Project quilts and then after birthing them then would quilt around the outside borders and go in rather than out. That seemed to work very well. But it wasn't detailed quilting, just enough to keep the batting in place.