Challenge 59: OXYMORONS

Art Quilt Challenge Group                            November 12th, 2016 /due December 10, 2016 

Challenge 59                                              Colleen Bamman’s house for holiday brunch potluck

                                                                                Bring a dish to share and a small white elephant gift

  Oxymoron – a contradiction in terms

 Challenge:  Create an art quilt using an oxymoron phrase as inspiration

Planned Serendipity by Barbara Olsen

Death, Taxes & Dandelions by Caryl Bryer Fallert

Industrial Park by Jo Diggs

Some oxymoron phrases to consider:

Act naturally	Critical praise	Ill health	Same difference
Awfully good	Cruel kindness	Intense apathy	Seriously funny
Bitter Sweet	Curved Line	Joyful sadness	Silent scream
Blurry Vision	Definite maybe	Larger half	Small crowd
Cheerful pessimist	Devout atheist	Living dead	Static flow
Civil war	Diminishing Growth	Loud whisper	Steel wool
Clearly confused	Dull roar	Magic realism	Student teacher
Cold as Hell	Even odds	Minor miracle	Sweet sorrow
Common Abnormality	Exact estimate	Negative growth	The Sound of Silence
Conspicuous absence	Found missing	Old news	True Lies
Constant variable	Freezer burn	Original copy	Unbiased opinion
Controlled Chaos	Genuine imitation	Pretty Ugly	Unconscious awareness
Cool passion	Good grief	Random Order	Virtual Reality
Crash landing	Icy hot	Sad smile	Wise fool