I was thinking about writing a post about the very same thing! Last year for me was just one of "those" years. I made 2 quilts last year, one quilt was all black and grey - very sombre, but for a reason - I call it my healing quilt, and the other was for one of my dd's to go in her brown lounge room, so all browns with colours in there to lift it a bit - pretty, but not my colours.
Last week, I just felt like making a quilt from a charm square pack that I had started putting together with some wonderful bright and happy colours. Well all I can say is that fabric definitely gets grumpy, fractious and will not play when the colour / pattern is not right and truly sings when just the right mix is found. I've almost finished the latest quilt and every time I look at it........it is definitely singing. Have to be careful who I say all that to, only another quilter could possibly understand, lol. So much on here today that relates to where I'm at. Wonderful place to visit. :0)