I love SITD! I am still trying to learn FMQ. I now do my SITD with my free motion foot and have become quite good at it. I usually send my queen and king size quilts to the LAQ; but if they are smaller or if I need them in a hurry, I quilt them myself and all of my self-quilted quilts have lots of SITD. As of today, I have 4 quilts at the LAQ. I usually plan on her taking 3 months to get a quilt back to me so I am glad I can SITD. It is your quilt. Finish it the way you like and ignore that person.