Generally, I make quilts in colors that I like, although I do occasionally stray, even making a brown quilt from a purchased kit, brown is not one of my favorite colors; however, it goes with our current couch. When making family reunion quilts every 2 years, I pick a color, ask my family to send fabric in that color and then work with what I've received, which can occasionally be a real challenge. My DDIL has asked me to make a quilt to go with their new king size bed and with the paint colors they have picked out. I will ask her for the paint chips she showed me, so I can do something they will like, although she hasn't requested a certain pattern. Before our darling Zoe was born, Jen picked out a couple fabrics, and asked me to make a quilt for her with matching curtains. They seem to like every thing I have made them, especially the appliqued and pieced quilt I made for our DGD Zoe for her big girl quilt, which I gave her at Christmas. My DS commented that he thought it was the best quilt I had ever done, which made all the work I put into it worth it, even working around rotator cuff surgery in May.