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"Illustrate an idiomatic expression. An idiom is "an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up." We use idioms all the time. So take a phrase literally and illustrate it with a quilt design. I thank "ForestJane" for this suggestion." - Barb Vlack

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Grace Blanchard Hearts All Around	Ingrid Akkersdijk Storm In A Teacup	Jacquelyn Jacobi Bad Sue Goes to the Birds	Jean Johnson A Bird in the Hand...
Stevens Point, WI	I looked up a list of idioms on the net and when I read this I had an instant vision of this design. I searched for blocks named 'storm' and designed a teacup motif border. the Netherlands	How many idioms do you see? A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. Kill 2 birds with one stone. Birds of a feather .... ................ Your goose is cooked. Victoria, British Columbia

Quilt 37	Quilt 38	Quilt 39	Quilt 40
Judith Best Mind your P's and Q's	Judith Best Kitty Corner	Kitty Letsch Paint the Town Red	Kitty Letsch Black Sheep of the Family
London, Ontario	Some kitties are good, some kitties are bad and some just don't know any better. London, Ontario	Leesburg, FL	Leesburg, FL

Quilt 41	Quilt 42	Quilt 43	Quilt 44
Leanne Davis Tieing the Knot	Leanne Davis A Red Herring	Leigh Harris A Spitting Image!	Leigh Harris A Mental Block
The blocks & quilting stencils are from the EQ5 libraries. Adelaide, South Australia	Adelaide, South Australia	Perhaps a little gross, but it was an intriguing idea that I couldn't get out of my head. :-) Perth, W Australia	Have you ever wondered how many "mental blocks" exist in the minds of quilters everywhere? Perth, W Australia

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Livy Olgas Three Sheets to the Wind	Merry Endres The Cats Pajamas	Monecha Painter Mad as a Wet Hen	Monecha Painter Fine as a Frog's Hair
	These kitties are all ready for their slumber party. They have brought along their favorite toys and of course, their pajamas! Since this quilt uses up lots of scraps, it really IS the cats pajamas! Notice the pajamas hanging on the "clothesline" border. Wittenberg, WI	I have heard all my life about the madness of wet hens. In fact, when I was a child, my father raised chickens and I can attest to the fact that a wet hen is indeed very mad. Glendale, AZ	When I was very young, my grandfather would answer anyone inquiring after his health that he was "as fine as a frog's hair." For many years I checked every frog I could find to see how fine frog's hairs are but never saw one. All these years later, I still wonder if a frog has really fine hair. Glendale, AZ

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Morgan Janners Fish Out of Water	Marje Rhine Tie the Knot	Nancy Anderson A Bed of Roses	Nancy Anderson Not a Bed of Roses
I used watery lost ships, time and tide and storm at sea blocks for the sky and flying geese and merry kite blocks for the land. This is my first EQ challenge as I only got the program at Xmas.	I searched for as many 'Knot' and wedding related blocks as I could find, then I worked these three- 'True Lovers Knot', 'Diamond Knot', and part of the 'Double Wedding Ring'- into the quilt. This quilt is best viewed with patch lines off so you can easily see the scalloped border. Website Boring, Oregon	A quilt from an idiom- " a Bed of Roses" using a pieced rose from the library.	A quilt from an idiom- "Not a Bed of Roses" Using lily applique that I developed for a wall hanging.

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Nancy Grey Monkey See -- Monkey Do	Pines A Cock and Bull Story or The Fish that Got Away	Ranghild Grasshof This is the Jumping Point	Rory Kirby Light Work
This idiom means someone copies something that someone else does. In the background these are 2 different monkey wrench blocks showing that the monkey's (the blocks) are not copying one another. But the real monkeys are playing the monkey see, monkey do game and following the action of each other. In the border there is another monkey wrench block shown. Illinois	A "cock and bull story" is a fanciful and unbelievable tale. And if there is any story that is often exaggerated it is the description of the size of the fish that got away, hence my choice of using the "fish tales" block. According to information from this website, I chose the following as the history of the phrase. "It is widely reported that the phrase originated at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England. Coaches between London and Birmingham changed horses in the town at two of the main coaching inns - the Cock and the Bull. The banter of the rival groups of travelers, from England's two largest cities, resulted in exaggerated and fanciful stories. The story is plausible but there's no real evidence to support it, although the two hostelries did, and still do, exist." Virginia	Germany	Based on the almost well known saying "Many hands make (the) light work" this was a fun quilt to make, with all of the original blocks drawn in PatchDraw. Just for fun hands, nails and faces were taken a bit to extremes. If only every do-it-yourself project could be such a joy! Victoria, BC

Quilt 57	Quilt 58	Quilt 59	Quilt 60
Rory Kirby Broth Spoilers	Tutu Haynes-Smart Black Sheep of the Family	Tutu Haynes-Smart Tied Up in Red Tape	Annette Schon Blue Moon
This quilt based on 'Too many cooks spoil the broth' is a sad companion to the happy hands of the light work team! As in the first quilt the original motifs have been set in a Custom Set Quilt, with matching borders. (Both designed while on holiday in Progeso, Mexico) Victoria, BC	Applique blocks from EQ libraries. Cape Town, South Africa	Ribbon block from EQ libraries. Cape Town, South Africa	Sweden

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Beth Polvino In A Pickle	Beth Polvino Have A Red Letter Day	Cara Anderson Back to Square One	Carol E. Skrube You Are What You Eat
The hardest part of this challenge was trying to pick a saying that I felt I could use to make a quilt. In a Pickle was one I thought I could use by using a PickleDish block #304 and placing "something" in the middle. I searched out a pickle dish block from block base and then decided to add an embroidered butterflies to the middle. Maybe the butterflies are pollinating the pickle plants. I continued the blocks around the outside and placed the butterflies in some of those blocks. North Cape May, NJ	Again for me picking the phrase to illustrate was the hardest part. I hope both my quilts meet the criteria for the challenge. North Cape May, NJ	Durban, South Africa	Sheboygan, WI

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