The guidelines for the 2012 Challenge were to interpret a pre-determined sentence from a book or novel in a small quilt approximately 18" square. Any technique or combination of techniques could be used. Here are the interpretations and their sentence inspirations.
"Had I been married to Artois, I would not find myself
eighteen years old and still a virgin."
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| Book: Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund |
"But of course I remember that in one way I lost the lynch pin years before,
not long after I acquired the date book."
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| Book: One True Thing by Anna Quindlin |
"She would have the results of Mary's test."
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| Book: Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger |
"The first fine day I assembled my three eldest sons and put my design into execution."
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| Book: Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss |
"He began to rush his other customers by shouting at them and no one objected to his harassment."
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| Book: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett |
""Well, well," Michael said smiling."
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| Book: Murder at the Washington Tribune by Margaret Truman |
"You prepare to scream."
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| Book: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robins |
"The four kids ate quickly, they retired to the barn to watch a DVD movie called Scream 2, leaving six adults around the table in the dining room; ___ and Ned, Olga and Hugo, Daddy at the head and Kit at the foot."
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| Book: White Out by Ken Follett |
"Isn't that a disgustingly romantic way for a scientist to behave?"
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| Book: Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins |
"A muscle worked in his jaw."
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| Book: The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini |
"They had grown up among movie stars, but to them Jobs was a true celebrity."
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| Book: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson |
"Each cadaver was outfitted with strain gauges and lead cells in its heel
and ankle and clad in one of six types of footwear."
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| Book: Stiff by Mary Roach |
"Then you'll be more comfortable."
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| Book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell |
