I've just really begun the FMQ -- I've so many tops finished and ready for quilting that I've filled three boxes!! I must say I don't enjoy FMQ as much as I enjoy the cutting piecing, but at least I can do it. I prefer large swirls instead of SITD. I don't do SITD very well. My aim is stitch sortakinda close to the ditch, but don't obsess over it. HA! I have learned to baste everything with safety pins instead of straight pins. I have a couple of scars to prove it, too. Straight pins sometimes bite if you forget that they are in there. Please continue on, though. It sounds as though you have discovered a new talent.