"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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Quilt 33 |
Quilt 34 |
Quilt 35 |
Quilt 36 |
Grace Blanchard
Hearts All Around
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Ingrid Akkersdijk
Storm In A Teacup
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Jacquelyn Jacobi
Bad Sue Goes to the Birds
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Jean Johnson
A Bird in the Hand. . . . . .
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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
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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
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Quilt 37 |
Quilt 38 |
Quilt 39 |
Quilt 40 |
Judith Best
Mind your P's and Q's
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Judith Best
Kitty Corner
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Kitty Letsch
Paint the Town Red
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Kitty Letsch
Black Sheep of the Family
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Some kitties are good, some kitties are bad and some just don't know
any better.
London, Ontario
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Quilt 41 |
Quilt 42 |
Quilt 43 |
Quilt 44 |
Leanne Davis
Tieing the Knot
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Leanne Davis
A Red Herring
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Leigh Harris
A Spitting Image!
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Leigh Harris
A Mental Block
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The blocks & quilting stencils are from the EQ5 libraries.
Adelaide, South Australia
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Adelaide, South Australia
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Perhaps a little gross, but it was an intriguing idea that I couldn't
get out of my head. :-)
Perth, W Australia
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Have you ever wondered how many "mental blocks" exist in
the minds of quilters everywhere?
Perth, W Australia
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Quilt 45 |
Quilt 46 |
Quilt 47 |
Quilt 48 |
Livy Olgas
Three Sheets to the Wind
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Merry Endres
The Cats Pajamas
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Monecha Painter
Mad as a Wet Hen
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Monecha Painter
Fine as a Frog's Hair
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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
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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
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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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Quilt 49 |
Quilt 50 |
Quilt 51 |
Quilt 52 |
Morgan Janners
Fish Out of Water
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Marje Rhine
Tie the Knot
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Nancy Anderson
A Bed of Roses
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Nancy Anderson
Not a Bed of Roses
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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.
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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
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A quilt from an idiom- " a Bed of Roses" using a pieced
rose from the library.
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A quilt from an idiom- "Not a Bed of Roses" Using lily
applique that I developed for a wall hanging.
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Quilt 53 |
Quilt 54 |
Quilt 55 |
Quilt 56 |
Nancy Grey
Monkey See -- Monkey Do
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Pines
A Cock and Bull Story or The Fish that Got Away
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Ranghild Grasshof
This is the Jumping Point
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Rory Kirby
Light Work
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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
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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
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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
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Quilt 57 |
Quilt 58 |
Quilt 59 |
Quilt 60 |
Rory Kirby
Broth Spoilers
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Tutu Haynes-Smart
Black Sheep of the Family
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Tutu Haynes-Smart
Tied Up in Red Tape
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Annette Schon
Blue Moon
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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
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Applique blocks from EQ libraries.
Cape Town, South Africa
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Ribbon block from EQ libraries.
Cape Town, South Africa
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Quilt 61 |
Quilt 62 |
Quilt 63 |
Quilt 64 |
Beth Polvino
In A Pickle
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Beth Polvino
Have A Red Letter Day
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Cara Anderson
Back to Square One
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Carol E. Skrube
You Are What You Eat
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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
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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
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