carolynjo

Wow! That is a lovely cheater quilt top. Nothing like that in my area.

linda8450

[ATTACH=CONFIG]559338[/ATTACH] I have used panels for years, love that I can add a few borders, cornerstones, etc. and have a wall hanging or baby quilt quickly. Mostly I donate, but have gifted many. I just did the baby quilt with "blocks" at a retreat and it was fast and easy. There are purists in every craft, I am not one. A quilt is a quilt and done is good.

linda8450

[ATTACH=CONFIG]559340[/ATTACH] This is a Christmas panel I added embroidered corner stones and pre-printed stripes for borders.

linda8450

[ATTACH=CONFIG]559342[/ATTACH] this is a panel that I split and added sashing to achieve a specific "look"

linda8450

[ATTACH=CONFIG]559343[/ATTACH] this is a pre-printed panel that I cut apart and did some pieced squares to set them apart

Kitsie

That's a really pretty one!

mac

Dunster, you made that cheater cloth look really rich. You can't even tell is was a cheater cloth.

Personally, the cheater cloth/s that I have used in the past, seem not to hold up as well as regular fabric. I'm not sure why, but the color usually fades faster and one that I added my own borders to, the border fabric held up well but the cheater fabric started to shred. Maybe it was just my luck, I don't know.

In any case, I would make it up, with as little fuss as possible and then practice my free motion quilting on it and then give it away to a charity. With my experience, I figure no use putting a lot of time and money into it if it is not going to hold up very well.

jcrow

I made a pillowcase with cheater fabric for my DD and she begged for a quilt from the fabric, so I made her a king quilt and she loved it. Still does even though I've made her so many quilts.

1screech

I prefer to call the fabric a "convenience quilt"! I gave used them for practice quilting and one came out so nice that my stepmom literally took it away from me because she loved it so much.