IMHO sending out a quilt out to a LAQ is the cop-out! I do my own quilting for 2 reasons i) I can not afford to send out to LAQ. 2) I like to see more fabric/pattern then quilting and sometimes you can not control the amt of quilting you get from LAQ. As far as SID I use it alot to abchor the sandwich and also it mimimizes the quilting and lets the fabric/pattern shine. Also some quilts due to detail of pattern only need SID. Sounds like you were told this by a LAQ???????