LOTS Of Paintings And Sidewalk Cafes

ICAD 2015 - Element Picker | Whims And Fancies

 

Day 7 – Periodic Table

Derivative of Colour Picker – An Element Picker

 

Last year I got to know about icad – Index Card A Day – at Daisy Yellow, but it was toward the very end of the event.  So I decided to not bother joining it at the last moment.  This year, however, I was ready to jump start my drawing, which I had been missing very dearly.  Since the 1st of June I made a commitment to draw one index card per day.  This set is from my first week.

 

 

ICAD 2015 - Taxi | Whims And Fancies

 

Day 6 – Taxi

They need to go home too!

 

 

ICAD 2015 - Owl | Whims And Fancies

 

Day 5 – Owl

Want to play in the rain with me?

 

 

ICAD 2015 - Mailbox | Whims And Fancies

 

Day – 4 Mailbox

From the Edwardian Era, for one of my favourite authors, P. G. Wodehouse

 

 

ICAD 2015 - Map | Whims And Fancies

 

Day 3 – Map

Milky Way, in case you were going that way

 

 

ICAD 2015 - Carnival | Whims And Fancies

 

Day 2 – Carnival

The book Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury has haunted my dreams for a very long time, but no more.

 

 

ICAD 2015 - Chevron | Whims And Fancies

 

Day 1 – Chevron

I love to swim in the summer; sunlight reflecting off water is one my favourite sights.

 

 

The event runs until July 31st, that makes a total of 61 cards.  You can find out more about it at the Daisy Yellow website in case you are inclined to join in.  It should be a lot of fun for kids too.  I am really loving it so far and I am very happy with my progress.  I hope you enjoyed the little show and tell.  I will share more cards as I draw along.

 

 

Sidewalk Cafe Quilt Pattern for travel or coffee and tea lover | Whims And Fancies

 

 

I have one little sewing note to mention.  Since I love coffee and tea so much, cafe stops are a must for me while travelling.  Those are also the best places to try out local food and watch life happening around me.  That thought initiated the Sidewalk Cafe quilt pattern.  I made mine with British Motor Racing colours and used the address of my all-time favourite fictional detective as the name of the cafe.

 

 

Sidewalk Cafe Quilt Pattern for traveller or cafe and tea lover | Whims And Fancies

 

 

I had fun making these alternate versions.  Wouldn’t it be nice to make a cafe quilt block each for different places and make a table runner or a wall hanging?  I wish I had more time to create, don’t you?!!

 

Happy Crafting,
-Soma

 

 

 

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A Little Swap

Star Quilt Pattern Cross Body Bag | Whims And Fancies

As someone who loves to continuously create new things, I almost never get to remake a block that I have designed.  Even though I would love to make a few of them using different colours, I mostly move on to drawing new designs and making the new blocks instead.  That holds especially true for the star quilt patterns.  However, I recently got a chance to remake one.

When I made the coffee-themed cross-body bag earlier this year, Dixie really liked it.  She is a fantastic painter.  So I emailed her asking if she would swap a seascape painting for a bag.  She loves the colour blue.  I picked one of my favourite star patterns, Starlight Converging, and remade it in blue for her bag.  I added a starfish charm to the zipper since she loves the water so much.

 

Zippered Pencil Case | Whims And Fancies

I also made a pencil case for her.  I just had to pick up this sea horse charm for her, along with the starfish charm for the bag.

 

Seascape by Dixie from Arranged Words | Whims And Fancies

This is the painting Dixie made for me!  There are so many details in this painting, the photo just does not do it justice.  It really looks like I am viewing this little seascape under water.

 

Seascape painting by Dixie from Arragned Words | Whims And Fancies

Here’s a close up of the fish.  See the individual scales?!!  She added such beautiful details to every single piece of this painting.  I can’t wait to frame it tomorrow.

Dixie writes a lovely blog at Arranged Words where she shares photos, paintings and crafts.  I am so glad to have found a friend in her.

-Soma

 

 

 

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