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Spare Change - Betsy Vinegrad **

Spare Change - Betsy Vinegrad **

** Award Winner - 2nd Place Traditional Machine Quilted AND Best Machine Applique AND Viewer's Choice **

Spare Change is a modern twist on the traditional Chinese Coins pattern with the roles of the cables and coins reverssed.  I designed it for RaNae Merrill's upcoming book about sidweays spirals.  The piecing technique used was published in the Modern Quilt Guild September 2014 Pattern of the Month - "Chess on the Steps", by Krista Hennebury.  The improvisatinal back was made from spare strips from the front.  Pieced, appliqued and quilted by machine.