Fabric store employees love to help. My current ones don't have the same tastes I do, but at least they are there to bounce ideas off. When I worked in a fabric store, I'd have the customer (or me) pull possibles off the wall, stack them so the folded edge showed, then stand back and squint. It helped so many go out of their comfort zone. Many brought the quilts back in to show how much they liked what was for them, an unusual combination.