January 2006 Challenge: Idioms/Expressions! (Page 4)

Quilt 97

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Ginny C.
Sunbonnet Stella

Deb Kuykendall
Brownie Points

Deb Kuykendall
Brownie Points II

Dorothy Lowry
Whistling Past the Graveyard

Sunbonnet Sue is a little rattled on her mother in law's, Stella, visit. She's finding herself bending over backwards to please Stella. It's only the fact Sue is head over heels in love with Sam, that she can manage.

This was such a fun challenge. I couldn't find this one in any of the lists of idioms but it seemed to fit the definition. It was a phrase I remember hearing my mom use. "You'll earn some brownie points for that good deed."

San Antonio, TX

It was a phrase I remember hearing my mom use. "You'll earn some brownie points for that good deed." This quilt has a dog named Brownie and he is pointing. :)

San Antonio, TX

OK, a tiny bit early for Halloween, but this was the only idiom I could think of! When I was about 10 there was an old settler's graveyard near my home. I don't think we ever whistled, but I do know my brother and I got past it as fast as we could, so that was the inspiration for this quilt.

Montpelier, VT

Quilt 101

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Quilt 104

Judee Robinson
Fly by Night

Gloria Sutherland
A Stitch In Time Saves 9

Jean Tate
Once in a blue moon

Linda M. Remley
Cup of Joe

Colorado

I used a 3 Petal Large Center Dresden Plate on Point. The numbers are done with Motif. The hands on the clock are Art Nouveau embroidery. And last, but not least, I used RJR's fabric "Timeless Classics."

Humble, Texas

On Xmas morning 2004 we woke to the first snow in over 100 years. Do you see the snow on the palm tree? Most residents had never seen snow and children and adults made angels in the snow and made snowmen for the first time!

Alamo, TX

My mother loved her coffee. She always had a pot going and drank it black. She referred to it as "Cup of Joe." She knew all the coffee songs and sang them around the house. "I love coffee, I love tea (not!)
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the jivin' and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!" Music : Ben Oakland / Lyrics : Milton Drake, a big hit for the Ink Spots.

She would ask my dad if he wanted "a cup a."

According to www.IdiomSite.com:
Cup Of Joe

"According to the June 2004 issue of Sea magazine (volume 96, no. 6, page
22): When Josephus Daniels became secretary of the Navy in 1913, he
prohibited alcohol aboard all U.S. Navy vessels - making coffee the
strongest drink that could be served on board. For that reason, sailors
started referring to a mug of strong coffee as "a cup of Joe".

I'm sure Mom did not know this story. Like a lot of idioms, we often do not know the origin of what we are saying.

Mom always had a navy blue polka dotted dress. When it wore out, she would get another one. Green was her favorite color. The turquiose fabric is very much like our kitchen chairs. I don't remember the color of our dishes, but they could have been pink.

Brockport, NY