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One Block Wonder

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I am not sure how it happened, but at some point while googling quilts I stumbled across the 'one block wonder', a kaleidoscope quilt made out of a single fabric.  I decided to give it a go at some point, and eventually spotted some clearance fabric at the usual place.  I think I ended up purchasing whatever was left on the bolt.  It wasn't the usual fabric I would buy if I had a specific quilt in mind, but it was colourful and had a big print, and I thought it would be suitable for an experiment.  Below is a picture of part of the fabric.  After referencing some handy instructions on how to cut fabric for a one block wonder [if I find them again I'll put them here], I figured out the pattern repeated approximately every 12", and I could get one set of 6 repeats out of the fabric.  The rest could be used for the back or something.  So I proceeded to cut the fabric into 12" strips, put them on top of each other, and then spent forever trying to line up ...