I feel like any thing out of a box is cheating. I learned how to cook from my Mom- Gramma and my Great Aunt so I still cook every thing from scratch. And I taught my son to cook. Which has turned out to be a great thing -other wise my grand babies would be malnourished. DIL was taught how to open boxes and she even messes that up. I use to bake every thing from scratch from apple pies to zucchini bread. Now that its just me I don't bake any more. I cheat and buy store bought cookies and the rare loaf of bread. Now I still consider my quilts and cloths home made even tho they are done on the machine from start to finish. But MIL say's that only a 100% hand stitched quilt/clothes are really home made. So I wonder is buying store bought fabric considered cheating??