I do a lot of SITD. but for one of my block patterns, it would have given an effect that I didn't like. So I did a stitch 1/8" away from the ditch, and I liked it. However, 2 different judges told me to "get in the ditch". I thought that was funny -- I was never in the ditch on that quilt, and you would have thought that had I aimed for the ditch, I would have been in it once in awhile. Either the judges thought I was lousy at quilting or they thought it would have looked better in the ditch.