Claude's New UFO

I found this UFO after thinking it was long gone. It's one of the first pieced quilts I made, and thought I would hand quilt it. It's basted together, most of the center is quilted. I used a large wood hoop to hold it. (A UFO is an UnFinished Object.)

Is this cheating?

Heartstrings Quilt Project I basted the blue center strips onto the muslin, then centered the pattern (or previous cut square) to cut out each individually. Now I can start the FUN part! But, is this cheating, Mary?