Originally Posted by Ducky
Very beautiful and intriguing! I'm curious, though. What is the difference, if any, between this and the kaleidoscope?
Thank you all for the comments. I will take the quilt to guild tonight for show and tell.
My own definition of kaleidoscope is any block that is formed by stacking fabric with the motif lined up before cutting, then usually placing the same part of the motif in the block's center from each patch. That's not very well worded, but I hope you get the idea. Many different patterns can be achieved by using different settings for kaleidoscope blocks. A One Block Wonder is named after the book of the same name, and involves either hexagons or octagons, usually made from only one fabric, whereas the settings for other kaleidoscope quilts often involve several fabrics around the kaleidoscope blocks.
So a OBW is a kaleidoscope pattern, but a kaleidoscope is not necessarily a OBW.