Thanks so much I wish some one was here to help me pick out the colors.That is the hardest part of quilting for me it takes me forever to pick out the fabric.This looks good but that one looks better but that one dont go with that one on an on an on I go.

i'm a newbie, so take this with a grain of salt. i'm having difficulty with colors and recently found looking at the fat quarters helped me in pairing colors and prints.

I like golds and browns with burgandy.

Burgandy and green is very sharp together

I like burgundy with gold.

Burgundy, navy and forest green work beautifully together...one of my favorites for home decorating as well as clothing and quilts! Gold, cream, beige, warm tan make nice light accents.

Go to the paint chip section at WalMart or Home Depot and find the strips with graded shades of each color and that will help you if you are wanting to go from dark to light within a single color. And of course you can play around with the various colors to see which ones you like together, then take them to the fabric store and look for fabrics that are similar shades.

Good luck & have fun!

I love it with gold. A bit of green could be nice too. I have a hard time picking out colors too.

I'm working on a Karen Stone paper pieced with tans & golds as lights; burgundies, browns, & blacks as darks.

With forty colors, what pattern will you be making?? Did he pick the pattern? Have you ever seen his house to know his decorating taste. How old is he? I think all of these questions come into play for color choice. If he is the kind of guy that is all black laquer then you could use the oriental patterns that have shades of reds, burgundy and black but I would hate to go that dark unless it was something he would like. If he is high shine cherry, he is a burgundy, blue and green guy. If he is rustic, he is burgundy, browns, greens, creams and maybe gold ( not metallic of course). If he is sparse and plain builder white you are in trouble because he is really afraid of color. ha ha

Thanks every one this has really helped a lot.I think Im goiing to look at the browns golds an tans maybe even greens. again THANK YOU.