Originally Posted by cabinfever
Just a reference for those who might want to see what the mirrors help you do; see below. You can certainly get a couple of cheap mirror to do the same thing & tape the 2 edges together, as someone here suggested. Plexiglass mirror is lightweight & won't shatter like real glass if you're carrying it around with you a lot.
I think if you bought a couple of variations of fabrics in the same line with same colorways, but a little different scale it could be a nice muted stack n whack (more subtle). I would audition the prints at a store where possible.
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I made my stack and whack mirror by standing 2 Dollar Store mirrors on short edge and duct taping the back to hold the 2 mirrors together. Duct tape because you can fold the mirrors on top of each other and the duct tape holds and holds. I then took 2 slightly larger than the mirror pieces of cardboard and did the same thing with the duck tape so now I have an envelope to put my mirrors in. I put the mirrors in the envelop and slide the whole thing into a 5 x 7 manilla envelope and fold the manilla envelope in half and viola! I have a safe way to carry the mirrors with little likelihood of breakage and it slips into my purse really easily so I have it when I go fabric shoping.
As far as the two fabrics being spoken of in this thread, my personaal opinion is the pattern repeat looks uneven and/or too far apart for a stack and whack. I was told in a class I took that the fabric repeat for a stack n whack should be about every 9 -13 inches. The fabric you chose is gorgous. Can't wait to see your pictures of the blocks.