Quote Originally Posted by katier825 View Post
I press mine the same way you did. When you are doing the STID, slow down as you approach the change and you shouldn't have much problem. An alternative to STID, if you have decorative stitches on your machine you can go over the seam with it. I like the serpentine stitch. It is very forgiving if you are off a bit.
I am considering a deco stitch instead of just straight. I just did that on the placemats i made and it looks really nice. What I orginally was thinking was a not IN the ditch, but stitching down each side of the seam with a long straight stitch,,to resemble hand stitching. I have a deco stitch on my machine that is called "hand quilting stitch" and it does look like it, but it takes up so much thread and is so tight, one mistake and it'd be near impossible to take it out without making a mess of the fabric and it'd be so obvious if I left it. SO I tried something else and it worked really nicely.