What is stitch in the ditch?
Stitch in the ditch is very simply quilting in the seams created by the piecing you did on your quilt top. This allows the top to be quilted without actually making any visual changes to the quilt top itself. It forces the quilter to slow down and takes more time then the meandering stitch, but sometimes it can be the most complimentary stitch to an intricately pieced quilt top.