But we’re both back and up and running. I was 99.9% finished with the Happy Colors quilt when the bobbin holder on my machine went walkabout. It slipped up and a little to the right of its rightful place. This took a bit for me to figure out what had gone wrong, put it back in its place and off it went again. Sigh. Then of course with the holidays making shipping slow it took a while to get a new bobbin case. However I was able to finish the binding and here’s the quilt

I used a high loft batting ‘cause I was curious about it. I likely won’t use this again; I prefer the less lofty batting. Just to be different, I used a square spiral in the white squares and I rather like the effect.

While I was working on Happy Colors I stumbled across a panel titled “Anisa” with two very colorful peacocks and I absolutely had to have it. Here’s the panel

I chose three border fabrics, cut the strips and sewed them on. Here’s the quilt sandwich

Next time I work on a panel I think I’ll choose border fabric that is in the same color family. For example, for this quilt I could have chosen a light, medium and dark blue, or red or green or . . . I think that might be more cohesive. Nevertheless I’m really pleased with this.

Clue #5 for my mystery quilt came in the mail. I can’t say I’m all that excited about this; perhaps I’ll like it better at the final reveal.

Up next: The panel will come together fairly quickly and I have the fabric and pattern for my next quilt. “Dutch Wax Fabric” can now be imported to the United States. This fabric is known as “Vlisco Hollandaise” and “African Wax Print” and “Ankara”. It is somewhat similar to batik fabric. You can read more about here. You won’’t be surprised that I was on board immediately. Here’s the fabric I chose

I purchased a group of 10 fat quarters and here’s the inspiration quilt. I’ll be use cream for the sashing (as you see surrounding the colorful fabric) and a low volume orange print for the intermediate rows (the black rows below). More about this next time. . .