Designer Susan Purney Mark—co-owner of Patchworks Studio—here makes brilliant use of strip sets and angled cuts in nine striking contemporary quilt projects, from a garden full of roses to a stream full of koi. She shows how to insert bold accent strips so that you can achieve a refreshingly different look and also how to enhance your design with raw-edge appliqué. Here too are blocks used in a variety of ways: in borders, quilt centers, repeat-block quilts, and more