jem

I use the boxes mushrooms come in for my 'cheater' scraps.

PaperPrincess

Ok, I'll ask. What are cheater scraps?

mim

I have given mine to one of the quilters who askeed for them
Mim

Granny Quilter

me too?

Sewfine

I want to know also.

Yellow Bird

I also want to know what 'cheater scraps' are.

Cheater cloth is fabric printed to LOOK like it has been pieced.

ckcowl

cheater is such a HORRIBLE-NEGATIVE WORD!!! i wish it was banned!
there is nothing wrong with using panals- printed fabrics- we use them all the time- and there is no reason to put such a negative slant to them.
it does not matter what is printed on a fabric- we still use it creatively to create a wonderful quilt-or pillow-or tote- what ever= why make that sound as if it is not as valuable as any quilt made with all solid fabrics?

i spent just as long on this quilt as any i've made- and it's center is a wonderful panal of the pledge of allegence- no cheating involved.

sorry for being crabby about this but 'newby's read that (horrible cheat thing) then think they should not use panals-thinking it is a bad thing- it's not- a panal is just another printed fabric....

PaperPrincess

I understand what cheater, I mean a panel printed with a quilting motif, is but it doesn't make sense (to me) in the context of the original post.

jaciqltznok

Cheater cloth is NOT the same as a panel! it has always been called cheater cloth and panels are just well...panels!

nothing wrong with either one.

BUT the poster of this topic said cheater scraps....I don't understand that term either!

Yellow Bird

Right...what are cheater scraps....leftover pieces of the 'cheater cloth' or 'panel'?