I have made 2 attic windows, the first one I did an all over med to large stipple and it really failed the quilt. Since you could see the thread on the the quilt it took away from the 3d effect. The second one I did was SID only and that one looks alot better. They are both christmas quilts and are put away or I would take a picture and post for you. But from experience I would go with the SID.