Okay, so I'm FINALLY going to make my first quilt! I know, it's taken me long enough, right? lol Anyway, I bought Eileen Wright's book "Twist-and-Turn Bargello Quilts" and I'm going to make "Surf Song" from this book, which is a queen and is as seen here:



I know. I'm insane. Let's keep moving.

So I'm not necessarily tied to these colours, but I need 24 fabrics. 8 of one colour (the blue/green in the original) and 16 of another (the blue/purple) and I need 7 2.5" (jelly roll) strips of each colour.

So here's my dilemma. I'm not that great at matching fabrics. I've been at this for a week ever since I got the book in the mail, and I'm ready to tear out my hair! I DON'T want solids. I'm thinking batiks, but they're pretty expensive ($17.95 a meter here). Also, I only need 17.5", which would be half a yard (or even half a meter) but it doesn't give me much leeway for straightening the fabric (even with the half meter at 19.5"). So what would you do? Would you be looking at jelly rolls, fat quarter bundles, yardage? I'm thinking yardage, but trying to find 24 colours that all blend well is doing my brain in! I may have to just go to the LQS and do this:



and get them to pick it out for me

So, again, what would YOU do??