Funny but I don't think that I would have liked these fabrics either but together .... Fabulous! And the quilting, well it makes this quilt sing a beautiful song even louder. So glad you didn't give up. And another interesting thing, at least for me, was that I just read earlier today on a different site that it was suggested to someone that if they ever dropped the bobbin or bobbin case on a hard surface, they should replace it with a new or different one due to possible damage. Looks like you just had that experience.