Originally Posted by SherryLea
I wish someone could tell me how to get every piece just exactly the same and how can you stay in the ditch when you are trying quilt in the ditch.
My machine has a stitch-in-the-ditch foot that works really well. It has a little blade that runs down the ditch. Weeeeellll sometimes it jumps the track. hehe.
Another tip is to press the top firmly and have the seams go in the same direction if possible. Make sure the top is nice and flat in the sandwich.
It is easy to get tired and when your shoulders get tired, you have less control over the quilt. So sew smaller increments at a time. Then take a break from SIDing.
A glass of wine helps me relax, but I would not suggest that anyone else should drink.
A last point: When the quilt is finished, bound, and washed, odds are that nobody but you will know that some of the ditches are a little wobbly.