This is my version of it, and you can see what a dramatic quilt it is, with a strong zigzag design. To make a 48" x 48" top you will need 96 strips measuring 2.5" x 16". The more variety you have in fabrics the better. If you don't have variety I'm happy to swap strips with you on the day. This is a chance to use up any ugly fabrics you have, those 'bargain' fabrics you can't remember why you bought, but try and balance them with nice/bright fabrics, so it's not all horrid. You will need the equivalent of 12 fat quarters. (If you want to make it bigger, bring more fabric!)
If you really can't face scrappy, buy three quarters of a metre of five fabrics: this can be yardage or fat quarters. Have a good range of shades, from dark to light for a good result. Each fabric will need to be cut into 20 strips measuring 2.5" by 16".
Just to inspire you, here is another version of the same design, which makes a Scrappy Trip Round the World. Looking good! Have a look on Bonnie's site for more inspiration.
Also, some people wanted to see how to do quilt as you go, so if you can bring a couple of 'sandwiches' (6" squares wadded, backed and quilted), a strip of fabric 1.5" x 6" and one 1" x 6", then you can do it on the day and have a visible reminder of the technique.
Rachel chose rich browns and beiges, and has made a pinwheel out of them. She is thinking of making more and then sashing them in plain dark brown. Good decision.
Hazel only wanted to make a few blocks for a cushion. This design will do the trick (and she doesn't need a button in the middle, as her join is perfect!) 
Debbie and Sian like pretty things, and fell for this heart arrangement. This is Sian's, 
and this is Debbie's. She is going to use it as the backing for a crocheted blanket she had made for a friend's baby. Lucky baby.
This month we will be making blocks for this quilt, which was designed by Rebecca Collins. It's made from light and dark fabrics, and you need an equal number of light and dark 9" squares cut in half diagonally. This design (and there are lots of possible arrangements of the basic components, which are different sized triangles) has four blocks arranged into a star. For each star you would need 2 light squares and 2 dark ones. 
Betty and Rachel were sharing a machine and getting on very quickly with their mountains.
The blocks were a little challenging to assemble at first, but Pauline soon got into the swing of things. 
The Drunkard's Path blocks were shown to be very versatile. Rachel's are arranged into a Jockey Cap arrangement.
Pauline was able to put hers in this design, which would have been ideal to expand into a full sized quilt instaed of a row. 
There was a lot of playing going on, and Betty found this fabulous pattern! Again, it's too big for our purposes, but just shows the possibilities with such a simple starting block. 
and a block using templates, Laced Star. then only two more rows and we're done!
This was very time-consuming work, but with the invention of the sewing machine in 1856, they quickly realised that with a bit of lateral thinking they could make all those diamonds and triangles very easily. We will make two bands of Seminole, in the same or different colours.
The next block will be one designed by Anita Grossman Solomon. She too like simple things, and her method for making an arrowhead block is a doddle. All you need is a couple of 8" squares and a post-it for each block.
These have been made from the same two fabrics, but you could make each one from a different fabric if you want to (I certainly do!). 
2. If the idea of taking somebody else's ideas wholesale just doesn't appeal, why not find a piece of patterned fabric which you love, and choose colours from that! If you keep the proportions of the different colours roughly the same, you'll be sure of a winner. This fabric has purply pink, sage green, light green, black, cream and ochre. 
Take a piece along when brousing in your stash or shopping and match the colours!
Analogous colours sit next to each other on the colour wheel, and always play nicely together. My quilt used autumnal colours, of green, yellowgreen, yellow, orange, red and brown (which is actually dark orange) and looks great. Blue, bluegreen, green and yellow would look good too. Any set of analogous colours (plus white or cream) would go together well.