Design 1: light and dark strips glued horizontally, cut vertically and assembled alternatively
Design 2: Left-over strips in different widths were assembled randomly on the bias (square 16 cm). This square was cut into stripes (4 cm), then into little squares and reassembled.
Design 3: strips of different widths from dark to light
Design 4: strips of different widths (4, 2, 4 cm), small strip in the middle is of the same light value, but smaller scale, which can't be seen as the strip is too small.
Design 5: strips with small and bold characters, cut on the bias, reassembled with black strip inserted, cut horizontally, reassembled with light pattern strip inserted
Design 7a and b: Why not curved: left-over strips were pieced; a) darker tones, same value, b) lighter tones, same value, curved cut, then reassembled, curved cut lengthwise, reassembled