I was tickled to find these fabrics--only $3 for both of them, too! I haven't made any decisions yet about what to make with them but I knew I had to buy them :)

I like the first one. Maybe find some African themed fabrics and make a quilt and use that as a backing.

Beautiful fabrics and great score! If you do decide to cut the fabrics, I would join the two halves of the circle and use it as a center medallion. Then find coordinating fabrics for a pieced border.

They appear to be mirror images. I'd check out Paula Nadelstern's kaleidoscope method. That is if you can bear to cut them at all.

Very interesting fabric.

I have some of the printed fabric that looks like buildings. It was a panel that I found at WM and bought. I am cutting mine in strips and using it to make a mile a minute quilt.

Please remember, the original question is what "I" would do:

The first one, being a really interesting African print, first I would slice each of the qtr circle parts into 3 wedges, that would give me 6. Then, out of the remaining brown, and maybe with some additional browns, blacks, and maybe using a french braid type pattern on them I'd cut enough wedges to make a circle. That would be the center of my quilt. I would add maybe some log cabin blocks at the corners and make a rectangle/square, and border it with animal prints fabrics, maybe in some type of zig zag pattern. Then I'd FMQ basenjis all over it! I would use some copper metallic thread for some of it

I'd make it really busy, as that's how basenjis are

Now, what do I suggest you do? Let your imagination go, and let your creative side have fun!

The second one? My brain's too tired after all that creative thinking - I have nothing

you don't say how large the fabric is however it reminds me of the fabrics used for an African wrap dress or sarong. This is a whole fabric dress which is wrapped and tied around the body. It's very cool and comfortable.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5665969_wrap-african-dress.html

What Jackie said makes the most sense to me. They are both nice pieces and I'd love to see what you do with them

Whole cloth quilts! Wouldn't cut them up.