One Block Wonders

[EnginerdLisa]

My mom is making 2 one block wonder quilts for my niece and nephew.

Original Fabric #1


Finished quilt top


Original Fabric #2


Hexagons Layed out


We have a turquoise background fabric for the second one and are sewing all the pieces together right now, I'll post the finised quilt top when we are done.

[alteredmommy]

Wow, so cool how completely different the quilt tops are from the original fabric....its like magic!  I really love the colours of the second quilt

[leighi123]

Love them!  Makes me want to try it out, even though it takes me forever to make a quilt.

My son has a shirt I made from the bird fabric.

[MareMare]

Very cool, I have one of those stack and whack books but I've been kind of intimidated so far!

[FoxyMama]

Very cool!  I love how the business of the original print turns into so many amazing kaleidoscope blocks.  I really want to try this, now  .

[tryskal]

I second what everyone else is saying. This is way cool! I can't wait to see the finished works of art.

[waggonswest]

Gorgeous.  I love the first one. 

[Padester]

I have wanted to try this for a while, but it seems intimidating to me - don't you have to fussy-cut the fabric so you get the same image in all the triangles?  And then sewing all the triangles together . . . eeek!  They look gorgeous, though.  Sigh.  I'll try them one day . . . maybe . . .

[playswithneedles]

Those are so cool, I love them both!

[MareMare]

I have wanted to try this for a while, but it seems intimidating to me - don't you have to fussy-cut the fabric so you get the same image in all the triangles?  And then sewing all the triangles together . . . eeek!  They look gorgeous, though.  Sigh.  I'll try them one day . . . maybe . . .

The book explains it really well, basically you do some math to figure out the repeats of the fabric, then cut it to certain widths and slice it. Not that bad if you go step by step!

http://www.amazon.com/One-Block-Wonders-Fabric-One-Of-A-Kind-Quilts/dp/1571203222

http://www.amazon.com/Stack-n-Whackipedia-10th-Anniversary-Bethany-Reynolds/dp/1574329650/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334538057&sr=1-3

eta: I actually have the stack and whack, so the one block wonders technique may be different, but similar results!