Marcia

Tisha-is your class for a kaleidoscope quilt too???

Quilt4u

Very nice.

sandpat

I'm so glad you posted your blocks! They look great! When I first started to learn to quilt, I bought some pre-cut triangles off of ebay to make some kaleidoscopes. I actually did get them put together and made into a quilt but I can tell you that as a beginner....I learned a ton from that process! I just love the look of them though!

Carol W

Beautiful!!!

borntoquilt

I know this has probably been asked before but what is the difference between kaleidoscope and stack and wack? Does k-scope use less fabric. Do you need specific ruler? They look like a blast to make and turn out so beautiful. But I am always concerned abt wasting fabric.

k3n

Wow, Marcia - that is SO beautiful - you've just moved K quilt WAAAAYYYY up nearer the top of my to do list! :D

K x

Rhonda

I don't know how anyone else does it but I make mine with a plastic template. I cut out the shape I want in my case it is for a dresden plate and I find the spot on the fabric I want to use and trace the features on the fabric so I can set it on the next spot in the exact way to get an exact duplicate of the first one. I choose a flower or a line in the design I want to see repeated in my dresden plate. I choose what I want to use.
Stack and whack is pretty much the same idea but you just line up the fabric and cut without much eye to choice. It comes out however it comes out.
Both are good and it is a matter of choice. Stack and whack I have seen are triangles and mine are dresden plates.
Hope that helps.

Nita

Very, very nice. I really like your blocks and the black fabric gives great contrast. Looks alot like the Stack N'Whack methocd of Bethany Reynolds that I did in a recent quilt guild workshops. But Bethany's method did not have us using mirrors. It was kind of like doing a mystery quilt, since you really were not sure about the end result. I loved it.

Marcia

I have not made a stack and whack, but that was pretty much the method we used. We cut 8 repeats of the pattern of our fabric (it takes a lot of fabric!!), then we stacked the 8 repeats on top of each other. In order to keep them lined up perfectly we took a needle and thread and pulled a thread through the exact same spot on each piece of fabric. We did this all over the fabric to keep it stabilized. This was the most tedious part. Next we took the kaleidoscope ruler and decided how big we wanted to make our blocks. The ruler and mirror help you to preview how some of your blocks will look. Once you have decided how big to make your block, you cut off a strip the required width, then use the ruler, moving it from one side to the other and cut the triangles. Depending on how wide your repeat is and the size of the blocks you decide to make, you can get many blocks out of your fabric.

The repeat of the pattern of my fabric was 15". So, I cut 8 15" wide strips of my fabric and stacked them on top of each other. I decided to make 10" blocks. I cut a 5 1/2" strip off of my fabric stack and then cut my triangles from it.

So, the method I used to make my triangles was definitely a "stack and whack" method. I think if I had moved my ruler and mirror around and had fussy cut my triangles it would have been less a stack and whack method. I just used my mirrors to audition fabrics to see which one I wanted to use for my quilt.

Shemjo

I have done Stack and Whack with 6 repeats for hexagons. And the 4 patch posy is the same concept. They are addicting! I see a fun fabric and want to do another one. Have done them with Oriental fabrics and jungle fabrics and florals. I really like doing them becasue the results are so amazing and unexpected! :lol: :lol: