jeannefil:
I think most people are working a bit differently than I am. I'm not thinking about the things I like or are important to ME. I have another person in mind while I making this project, so I spent a good deal of time surfacing fabrics in colors that could represent this person's background, achievements, family, etc -- and that's where I started as I was going through my stash and looking for elements I'd be adding later.
It would be just as easy to pick a color you like, pick two other colors on the colorwheel that would make up and triad and move on from there. Or you could look for an inspiration fabric and then pull colors from that ... just like any quilt.