A friend gave me this fabric. I need some ideas on what to do with it. I have thought about one block wonder. I only have a yard. Looking for any other suggestions

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If you have 4 repeats, you can do a 4 Patch Posy. It won't be too big. I did one with a meter of fabric (40 in.)and I'm putting plain blocks between my 4PP blocks for a couch size.

What about a simple nine patch like this, it would show case the fabric and if you just use that for the center you could get quite a few blocks out of a yard. And if the fabric is not your cup of tea I am sure there is a young soldier out there that would enjoy receiving one with this fabric... :)
Personally I prefer the one with the cowboys...lol

fold it up and put it away?

It's kind of cute - just not something I would buy

I recently got a book on quilts using border patterns. You could use a nice big chunk of that fabric as a center piece and then sew borders and add borders around it using other
"cowboy/horse" fabrics and basic country-looking fabrics. It's quite bright, but some little cowgirl might just fall in love with it.

As for using it in OBW, with only one yard I would doubt you have six repeats! Plus, with that much solid red background, I'm not sure it would work for OBW or 4PP.

You could fussy cut the fabric and pick a pattern for focus fabrics.

Another thought .... use it for a backing in one solid chunk, and frame it up with fabrics leftover from the front. The front could be made in a nice western theme .... or as someone suggested for a soldier, lots of white stars with red and blue sashing to keep to your flag colours!

And yet another .... a baby blanket ... use it as the centre and border it up accordingly!

I'd show case the fabric as a center panel and put blocks and borders around them. Just my thoughts. ;-)