‘Spot’ by Betsy Vinegrad

This last challenge was done at a guild weekend retreat. Packing the violet, a small stash of cherrywood scraps, a 24" square of backing, batting and a variety of thread, I challenged myself to start and complete it there. It was fun auditioning ideas with the group of 20+ quilters.

When the top was hanging on the wall, one of the members said it looked like a tipsy dog. Hence, the title, Spot. Using a walking foot, the snowballs were quilted in a spiral with 12 weight violet thread.

The backfill is an elongated #4 wavy stitch on a Bernina using 50 weight thread.

When I brought it home, my son annotated it with ears, mouth and tongue.

Created by Betsy Vinegrad

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