Your quilt is beautiful. The fabrics work very well together. I can't believe any quilt maker would say such things. Even if she wasn't impressed with your choices she should have been diplomatic enough to say these are fabrics I would not have thought to put together. I'd like to see the quilt when it is done. I often find that my friends choose fabrics that I would never think to put together but I love the results when I see the finished quilts.