The answer to that is different for each fabric. You have to look at the repeat on the fabric. On the one I showed, there was an 8" repeat, so I needed to make sure I could cut six 8" strips, so I needed a minimimun of 48" of fabric. If your repeat is bigger, you need more fabric. Likewise, if your repeat is smaller, you need less fabric. The size of your finished quilt is determined by how many blocks you make and how much fabric you use.

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:

Those are still called charm quilts. There are one block quilts but they're not One Block Wonders.

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!!

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

Absolutely right! Maxine Rosenthal appropriated the name to apply to her one of a kind quilts that use one fabric and one block design for the main body of the quilt. But it isn't trademarked by her as it has been in use for a loooong time as stated. :-D I've often googled 'one block wonder quilts' and though you mostly get what we all know as OBWs, you sometimes get what are also called one block or charm quilts. BUt what's in a name, right? The most important thing is that we all know what we mean! :mrgreen:

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

Stack & Wack is so much fun!!! Here is one of mine!

Thanks for the clarification, I really appreciate knowing that!

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.

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.