I'm an oddball and I actually like to STID. After many quilts and much practice it's not the horror it was at the beginning....but I'm a type A perfectionist and I had to learn that it wasn't going to be perfect. In the beginning it took lots of concentration and I was so tense (because I thought it had to be perfect) that it was exhausting. Many times I had a tension headache after a quilting session. It really helps to use a matching thread so when (not if) you make a mistake, it will blend in better.