Another hand quilter here. What Borntohandquilt said. I've also done SID by hand and it can be a bit difficult when crossing multiple seams. Make sure you have some rubber finger grips and/or some needle nosed pliers handy to pull that needle through those spots. It's definitely easier to hand quilt where there are less seams. SID is mainly (at least in my mind) a utilitarian stitch to simply hold the layers together. If this is your first hand quilting attempt it might be the appropriate thing to do on the bulk of the quilt and then maybe some smallish design on the more open areas of your quilt. That way the quilt is definitely held together but you also get a chance to do some more decorative quilting as well. Good luck.