What to do
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 453
[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.
#27
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: California, USA
Posts: 1,318
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.
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.
#28
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Small town in Northeast Oregon close to Washington and Idaho
Posts: 2,795
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.