During our local Shop Hop, my 83-year old Mom was talking with a shop owner about how she loves to SID. I chimed in that I don't because I'm always tempted to take out the stitching if it gets out of the ditch. The shop owner told us she purposefully sews about 1/8" away from the "ditch" to avoid looking like she was having problems. I love the "painting" of threads idea.