Originally Posted by quiltmouse
Farm Quilter. hmm. Perhaps subsequent books just have you cut the fabric & take whatever happens. (hopefully, magic, if the right fabric has been chosen.) In my stack & whack book, you select fabric that has a huge, varied print. Then you layer six pcs exactly on the pattern. Then you fussy cut at the places you want your medallion (pinwheel, star, etc) (4 sq would be 4 layers) I just thot those stamens would be wow, is all.
This is my understanding of SAW.
My understanding of OBW is, same fabric layering, but you just cut strips, then units, whether 1/6 hex, 1/6 pinwheel, or 4 sq, and take whatever happens. I guess that is also a SAW, just without the fussy cuts???
Going by my 1st definition, is why I thought the first fabric would have some WOW choices.
Just definitions. Not being dogmatic, or know it all. (I hope.)
Feel free to nudge me toward a more clear understanding. :mrgreen:
My S-n-W was from the book "Magic Stack-n-Whack Quilts" by Bethany Reynolds. I stacked mine 8 layers and cut squares first, then triangles. She suggests using large-scale prints and says to keep the background around the motifs in mind because "you will be whacking random sections of the print rather than precision cutting the motifs." She also recommends "the more distinct the colors are in the print, the more variety you will have in the finished blocks."
By fussy cutting the motifs, you would have more control of the finished blocks, but you would certainly waste a great deal of material.
I'd love to see a picture of your S-n-W!!!