I thought I was going to be destined to make boring quilts, they just lacked .... something. Then I started attending quilt shows . It was at International show in Chicago that I had a... revelation. I was in awe at the specatular quilts..... then it hit me what caught my eye initally was the Colors ... the colors were fabulous. So I made it a point to take some photos ( where allowed) and every time I went fabric shopping I would take them out and ask myself " do these fabrics look anything like whats in the photo". It was soo helpful to get me out of my safe little blah boring world. I do not need the photos anymore to remind me about color, its starting to be fun to "get out there" in the use of color. But there is still a bit of the fear that I might just make the ugliest quilt ever! It has not happened yet , but if it does I will consider it part of my road to color.