I would definitely have her select the pattern and the colors, then you can buy the fabric if you can't do it out of your stash. It may be she'd like a whole cloth best, but who knows? Picky covers a whole range of opinions and patchwork can mean anything that she sees was sewn together from small pieces of fabric. Maybe she'll like a monotone or monochromatic color scheme where the different pieces of fabric blend into each other and aren't so noticeable. Maybe a landscape quilt or a portrait quilt. Usually picky and easy are mutually exclusive in my experience.
Last edited by TanyaL; 01-31-2013 at 01:05 PM.