Stitching in the ditch is a machine quilting technique. Seam lines (the “ditch”) on the quilt top are stitched while using a walking foot on your machine. A quilt top can be completely done with “stitch in the ditch” quilting or may be quilted with other techniques.
Stitching in the ditch does save time because you do not have to mark your quilt top with a design.

Also see:
- stitch in the ditch
- machine quilting
- walking foot
- invisible thread