I have done echo stitching(1/4" on either side of seams) with a walking foot and it works easier for me than SITD. One the last quilt that I made, I used echo stitching, some hand quilting, some free motion quilting, and some quilting through a paper pattern. I marked the chain on a long strip of paper, pinned the paper to my quilt border and stitched rapidly the entire length of the quilt. It worked beautifully.