Originally Posted by ctquilter
Can anyone tell me the difference between the two? I want to do a quilt using one of these methods but I don't want to have to take a class.
Stack and Whack - if you need 6 triangles to make your kaleidoscope piece you will need 6 pieces of exactly the same fabric. That means 6 complete repeats of the fabric. Then you lay them on top of one another - perfectly registering the design top to bottom. When you cut your triangle you have 6 pieced of identical fabric. These do not need to be a complete block however - here is a neat site with some examples
http://www.bethanyreynolds.com/what%27ssnw.html
http://www.bethanyreynolds.com/workshopsSnW.html
One block Wonder is just that a complete block - I looked at my book - it does the same thing as stack and whack - but suggest that you cut strips from selvage to selvage of fabric that has been perfectly matched and then cut out your 60 degree triangle from the strips. This will make one complete block when completed.
I think the results are the same - you create some sore of Kaleidoscope.