I took a class with John Willard at our local college, summer 2008. His class was titled "Spontaneous Geometrics" - he used fabrics like this that were SO effective.
A few of his quilts:
http://www.connectionsfibreartists.c...ohnWillard.htm
In this one (Diamond Ring for Cathy - the second photo), the diamonds going around the circle are from a fabric like the second fabric you have, basically 'fussy cutting' - following a strip of the diamonds on the bias and because it's on the bias, it flows beautifully around the curved centre.
The strips make an awesome border - mitered makes it stunning!
Cheers,
Linda
One I made
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John Willard's 'Diamond Ring for Cathy'
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Another quilter's creation - John at the side
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