Some friends and I have been discussing stack and slash quilting. Another variation of it is the One Block Wonder which I fell in love with. One block wonder is the name of the book and you do the whole quilt with just one piece of fabric. I decided to use that technique for a jacket that I made from a sweatshirt. Once you do this technique, you really look at fabric differently.
When trying this technique you need fabric with images close together, you don't want a lot of background. You end up with hexagon shapes as you can see from the pics, but when assembling you are doing it in columns so it is all straight stitching. I fell in love with this technique and have acquired some fabric that will go perfectly for it. I'm thinking of possibly making place mats and table runners from it. One of the things I like best is the surprise you get as each hex is formed.
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