Stitch in the Ditch vs Echo Stitching
I'm trying to quilt what for me is a large quilt (60" x 60") stitching in the ditch on my sewing machine. I'm using YLI invisible nylon thread in the top, and regular thread in the bobbin. It's going pretty slowly--I'm using a top stitch needle, and have lowered the tension in the top quite a bit. I've had a few thread breaks when I'm going along a seam that includes crossing a lot of multiple seams, but have had no thread breaks at all on the more complicated areas that have fewer crossing seams. Have others had this experience too? Would I be better off using echo stitching where I'm not crossing seams at all, but just running parallel to them? Is it better to not cross seams?