Something as complex as this Challenge is not possible without the help and encouragement of many dear people who have helped along the way. Some of them shared their favorite proverb or saying:

Stevo - the Spud - for making me look good - "Not all who wander are lost." Tolkien.

Raymond Hunter - Dad - for your commitment to always being the best Dad you can be - "One has to listen quietly before one speaks loudly."

Janet Hunter - "Mum" - for taking good care of Dad and me - "What goes around comes around."

Mira Scot - for being the safe haven and "sister" - "If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!"

Karen Black - for teaching me a new definition of "family" - "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission."

John Blackburn - cheering section and inspiration - "Let beauty fill you!"

Debbie Thomas - cheering section - "Happiness is not a destination but a method of travelling."

Lennie Moore - cheering section and rock - "Play what is written." Toscanini.

Linda Snook - cheering section - "If it is to be, it is up to me."

Teri Mika - cheering section and wise woman - "The answers are all within you; you need only risk asking the questions."

Ursula Sylvan - cheering section - "I married for better or worse, but not for lunch!"

Mary Ellen Gale - cheering section - "Don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Maureen Dorsey - cheering section - "It's always darkest just before dawn."

Paul Jones - cheering section and sushi co-conspirator - "Today is the first day of the rest of your life - live it like it's your last."

Laurie Maas - cheering section and great "mom" hugs - "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."

Phyllis Jones - cheering section - "Grandchildren are your reward for not killing your own kids."

Kristi Hall - cheering section and rocker chick - "If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering to disarm all."

David Ault - cheering section and spiritual rock - "Fall seven times, stand up eight" - Chinese Proverb

The Crazy Eights - Vicki, Urs, Annie, Beth, Lynn, Jake, Mona, Meg - cheering section and chocolate co-conspirators.

Edith Mary Palethorpe Hunter - Nanny H - ""Every little helps," said the old lady as she peed in the sea."

Alice Louise Montague Janes - Nanny J - "That's clean dirt, the kind that washes off."

Rachel Kincy Clark - for your encouragement and assistance with jurying the collection.

Anne Copeland - for your encouragement and appraisals.

Paula Reid - for your encouragement and assistance with jurying Riddles - "I'll try anything once - twice if I like it!"

And to all the Artists who took a chance and made a quilt for these Challenges - it would be nothing without your faith, trust and talent - THANK YOU!