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

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

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

me too?

I want to know also.

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

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

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....

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.

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!

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

.I agree
I agree with you 100%, I to just finished making a quilt that started out as a panel. I cut mine apart and made more blocks to go with the panels. it took a long time to sew together and quilt and I am proud of every stitch in it.

o k ladies, I mean the little pieces of fabric you sew on when you r about to cut your thread and start a new seam. I think i used the wrong term for these.
Sorry

Well I do believe if you were to complain about a word being negative wouldnt that make that a double negative? HUM?........Because complaining is negative....Just an observation.

I call that preprinted quilting fabric. I love that type of fabric.

you mean "leaders" and "enders"!

No appologies necessary, we were just curious! There are many terms for these, and common ones are leaders & enders, from the Bonnie Hunter site http://quiltville.com/
;-)

Yes, that's what i mean 'leaders and enders', sorry for all the confusion.

My quilting friend and I call them "spiders" because after a few uses the little bits of thread sticking off both sides remind us of spider legs.