Originally Posted by Jerse
Have never made a quilt and only recently joined the forum. As I've stated I'm not good with the computer and it took me 3 days to read all the help topics and rules.
I've studied "quilting" on the internet, read books and magazines, asked questions, and done practice blocks till I'm blue in the face. I only came to realize recently that I'm short in the creativity area and seem to be pretty bad at recognizing how colors and patterns go together. When I look at color charts I can see how one would compliment another but then find that that's not necessarily a good combination for a particular quilt. HELP!!
I started by finding a color combination that I liked in somebody else's quilt and using it....with a different pattern. It was the mid 80's and while I would probably not make a blue, yellow and red quilt today----it got me started! Here's another idea: Go find a print fabric that you really, really like. Then use the colors from it in your quilt.