Am I the only one who likes Sid???

Maybe it's My hand quilting background. Don't get me wrong I do like the pretty machine & hand quilting that I see here & at quilt shops & shows. I still like the way SID shows off the piecing.

I love it too just for the same reason. I like the way it shows off the piecing too. Just wish you could see the stitching on the front as well as the back. My last one I SID I used a variegated on a black back and the pattern I chose was nice on the back so two goals reached. Made the pieces stand out and showed up beautifully on back. I don't use a SID foot. Never had one, but then again, I am a hand stitcher up until now. I am doing a machine quilt next. Good post. Can't wait to read more.

The SID foot is a new name for the edge foot/joining foot that comes with most machines. :thumbup:

as a hand quilter ~ i can't stand SID - can't see where others have been. I have to disagree about it showing the pieces off more - but that's just my opinion...

could you please tell me what SID is.

Stitch in the Ditch quilting

It is stitching in the ditch, or quilting right in the seam lines of your pattern.

I love the way that Sid makes each piece pillow.

I like it too!

I like SID, but I get really frustrated when I go crooked. That really shows....

I don't hand quilt but I do agree with this statement. I've been doing alot of echo quilting.

I feel so stupid, thanks for the short form lesson. I love using SID also.

Oh Yeah that's pretty too. I like it.

we [i] need an abbreviation dictionary--i am very gratefull for the updaters

I like SID but find it hard. I seem to have more luck with topstitching one seam from each block.

I do alot of SID simply because I cant do the other very well.

I seldom do free motion quilting, although it it fun to do. I mostly echo stitch each side of the seams, I love the way it makes the design pop.

As a handquilter I have to agree. The only place I SID is on cheater's cloth panels etc. I prefer the look of echo quilting if nothing else. I have a huge collection of quilting stencils I use as much as possible. If I make a top out of simple blocks I make a point to quilt in a way that gives the whole thing a secondary pattern.

I'm a hand quilter too and I had the same thought you had about using varigated threads to show off the stiching. Now I know I'll use it from now on. Thank you for sharing that with us.

Happy Quilting...Andie :-D

I also love SID and have never found it difficult to accomplish. I don't understand people that have a problem with it as it seems to be the easiest form of quilting blocks. Please am not trying to put anyone down but it really is a very simple process to follow the ditch. Course I have used many of your ideas with doing fancy stitches instead of the ditch and that has really come out beautiful (never thought to try that for whatever reason).