Originally Posted by tweezy50
I have been watching this board for a while now and have come to the conclusion that a lot of what makes a quilt pretty, beautiful, or gorgeous are your color combinations. Seems like most of you can take the simplest pattern and make it stand out by your color combinations. Mine on the other hand are .........yawnable, if there is such a word. I've got the light, medium, and dark down, but how do you decide which colors will "pop"? Please let me in on the secret. Apparently color coordinating wasn't one of the genes I picked up.
If I am on my own I ask my friends at the LQS to help. They always help me out but I usually do the final decision and it usually works out right.