Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt pattern cheater cloth, undated, ca. 1950s

This feedsack textile is cheater cloth used for quilting. Cheater cloth was printed in popular quilt patterns (like Grandmother's Flower Garden) and was used to elimate time-consuming quilt top piecing. The cheater cloth sacks would be sewed together to create the quilt top and layered with batting and a quilt back. The quilt would then be quilted and bound by hand or machine.