I have only done one quilt so far, but one problem I have is picking colors. My experience in sewing was with clothes and you don't mix patterns with clothes so much, at least you didn't used to. One good hint I received for picking quilt colors is Don't stand too close. Put the fabric out on the table and step back several feet to look. I was looking too close, so colors and patterns never seemed to match, this helped. Hope to see your project soon.