Originally Posted by sustraley
How many yards is a good amount to buy for the fabric?
Clear as mud? :lol: If it's not clear, please go see Cutie's tutorials as she does an excellent job of explaining it. Yes, my fabric came from JoAnn's. It is a perfect fabric for this style quilt! :thumbup: |
Originally Posted by Longarm
I hate to be a dissenter but, a OBW is any quilt design that uses the same block repeatedly. The block may be a tumbler, apple core, triangle or any other shape as long as it is the only shape used without any sashing. I don't know when the term OBW came into use. (Maybe someone who couldn't spell hexagon or thought it was a cute term?)
In years past they were called "charm quilts" and the shape was repeated but no fabric was used a second time. A great way to use scraps and a reason to exchange fabrics. Longtime quilter One Block Wonder is the name of a specific pattern. The operative word being Wonder. |
Thank you for the enlightening discussion on my newest passion - the OBW. I learned so much just reading this thread, not to mention the beautiful pictures that make the process so easy to see. I just wish I would have know what a "repeat" was (yes I had never heard that term before) before buying my material. I bought some beautiful material not knowing that it was a 24" repeat and I didn't buy enough. I'm making 4-patch posies, something I didn't know existed either until I read about it here. But I sure wish I had bought just one more yard... Oh well its all about learning and having fun and I am doing both!!
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When I was a fairly new quilter I did a few stack and wacks. So much fun it was.
Thanks for posting this review for me. BTW, I need some of your fabric. Who's is it? |
Thanks, I did not know what OBW meant
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Originally Posted by Longarm
I hate to be a dissenter but, a OBW is any quilt design that uses the same block repeatedly. The block may be a tumbler, apple core, triangle or any other shape as long as it is the only shape used without any sashing. I don't know when the term OBW came into use. (Maybe someone who couldn't spell hexagon or thought it was a cute term?)
In years past they were called "charm quilts" and the shape was repeated but no fabric was used a second time. A great way to use scraps and a reason to exchange fabrics. Longtime quilter I would differentiate by saying that 'stack n whack' applies to the technique of layering and cutting the fabric. This phrase is trademarked by Bethany Reynolds by the way but is so descriptive that it's hard to find a better way of describing the process. The One Block Wonder uses the same layering, cutting and piecing technique but is defined by it's layout - ie without sashing as an earlier poster stated. Ms Rosenthal's books explain how to make both hexagon and octagon versions - the hexes are more popular as they don't require the setting triangles that the octagons do to join them together. :-D |
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Stack & Wack is so much fun!!! Here is one of mine!
Batik Stack &Wack [ATTACH=CONFIG]162972[/ATTACH] |
Originally Posted by Longarm
I hate to be a dissenter but, a OBW is any quilt design that uses the same block repeatedly. The block may be a tumbler, apple core, triangle or any other shape as long as it is the only shape used without any sashing. I don't know when the term OBW came into use. (Maybe someone who couldn't spell hexagon or thought it was a cute term?)
In years past they were called "charm quilts" and the shape was repeated but no fabric was used a second time. A great way to use scraps and a reason to exchange fabrics. Longtime quilter |
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I have only done the Stack-n-Whack method. I hope I can attach three completed quilts with very different results! These are from Bethany Reynolds' "Stack-n-Whack*apedia" book.
This one makes a complete circle with the triangles [ATTACH=CONFIG]163031[/ATTACH] This one uses 4 triangles to make the flowers in the basket [ATTACH=CONFIG]163032[/ATTACH] This one uses four triangels to make a kaliedascope effect. [ATTACH=CONFIG]163033[/ATTACH] |
Abbreviations for Stack n Whacks, One Block Wonders, and about 10 other abbreviations that I have no idea what they are -- for new people, would you guys like type it out a few times so we'll know what you're referring to or someone POST A LIST of THESE ABBREVIATIONS YOU ALL SEEM TO USE. Some of us are reading along and then at an unexpected moment, we lose the meaning because we don't know what SW, OBW, some husband term of endearment abbreviation, and I don't know what else pops up in the sentence and we might as well quit reading the post.
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