lorli

I have basted a lot of diamonds for an EPP penrose tiling quilt, but I haven't started to sew them together because I don't know which of the colors to use or how to place them. The second picture is to give a rough idea of how the diamonds will go together; there will be a row of the narrow diamonds in the brown/grey fabric in between each row of colored wide diamonds in a sort of lone star arrangement. The only fabric I am really "wedded" to is the brown/grey (I have 5 yards of it).

I showed these to someone at work who is artistic and he said I should use the muted colors only. I tend to be very dull in my color choices and overmatch fabrics so I don't know whether he is right or not.

Please help, those with good color senses! I would really appreciate any guidance!

Thank you.