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Bobcat quilt pattern, Big cat quilt pattern | Whims And Fancies

I love cats and that includes big cats too. In March I got a request for a bobcat quilt pattern for a school mascot and accepted it right away. I wanted to give my block a stylized feel, so instead of using fabrics that would resemble fur, I focused mostly on just the colours.

The pattern is for a 16″ block. It has only a few seam alignment points, which makes the block easy to sew regardless of how complicated it looks.

Bobcat Big Cat Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

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The pattern also includes alternate sections without the stripes. That eliminates a lot of piecing and, in turn, a lot of sections. It is an intermediate-advanced pattern because of all the details. This large cat quilt pattern is available in my shop.

I really love how it turned out. I am not sure yet if I am going to incorporate the block as part of a quilt or make a wall hanging with it. Since I can easily imagine those markings on a kitty-cat, this block will always represent a cat to me.

Perylene Green Daniel Smith | Whims And Fancies

I have been playing with the colour green this month. We are always in need of bookmarks. I found a scrap of watercolour paper in the perfect shape of a bookmark on my shelf. After an exhausting Saturday, I painted these trees using Daniel Smith’s beautiful Perylene Green. I have been using the bookmark ever since.

Wildflower Expo Skyline Park Napa, CA | Whims And Fancies

Last weekend was the wildflower expo. Unfortunately, for various reasons we couldn’t make it there on Saturday when they would have had more plants. We went there on the cool and drizzly Sunday morning after breakfast. They still had a wide variety of local plants for sale. Although most of the plants were too young to have blooming flowers, there was a lot of information available and a group of very knowledgeable hosts to help educate us.

Wildflower Expo Skyline Park, Napa, CA | Whims And Fancies

These are the plants that came home with us.

Deep Purple Douglas Iris | Whims And Fancies

One of them is a Douglas Iris. I spotted this flower on one of the plants and that was immediately followed by the plant being in my little cart.

Other than sewing, painting and planning the garden, I have been updating my website a little. I added “Free To Imagine” as a tag line. I also created a new template for my pattern files so they have a better look and feel. It was a busy week, but the stolen moments of art gave me much-needed balance.

Happy Crafting,
-Soma

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Striped Tabby Cat Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

Thank you so much for visiting me last week and for your lovely comments on my paper piecing. I have been working on a few different quilting projects simultaneously. Sometimes I start on one and then get carried away by something else. I am sure you know the feeling. I drafted this striped tabby cat quilt pattern months ago. I was really hoping to finish quilting the mini before showing it here, but alas, that didn’t happen.

My Orange Maine Coon Cat | Whims And Fancies

As I mentioned earlier, most of my quilt patterns are derived from different aspects of my life. This is my orange Maine Coon boy who is my shadow. He became the model for my mini.

Striped Tabby Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

For this special mini I cut into the swirly orange fat quarter that I had saved forever. I had just enough scraps of the black fabric left from another quilt to use as the background for this one. The faint gold in that fabric makes me think of magic dust. I had to add the night sky fabric in the window. So now my cat and I can sit by the window and cherish each other’s company and the night sky together.

Striped Tabby Cat Quilt Pattern | Whims And Fancies

Susie made this pillow from my pattern way before I could finish mine. I love the vintage look of her kitty. Her kitty’s name is Tessie! You can read all about Tessie in Susie’s Post.

Hopefully I get to quilt mine soon! The quilting design is already traced on it and it is basted, but I may have to wait a few more days before I can sit at the machine.

Trees In Acrylic Paint | Whims And Fancies

Last week I suddenly got sick with the flu. When I started feeling a little better, I pulled out the acrylic set that I got during the holidays. Painting has always been my pastime when I’m sick. Whenever I can’t go outside, I bring the outside to me with paint. I love to paint trees. Last time when we were in the Sierras, we saw a lot of trees dying due to the draught we are facing in California. They look like fall colours, but sadly they are dried leaves on dying trees. The orange in the painting depicts those leaves.

Although I hadn’t used acrylic before, I learned a lot about acrylic painting just from this small sketch. The Liquitex Basics set I got has 48 tubes. It is perfect for trying out colours before purchasing better quality versions of the colours that I really like. I highly recommend the set for anyone who is interested in trying out acrylic painting. I can’t wait to play more with mine.

-Soma

Bobcat In The Woods

Striped Tabby Cat And Acrylic Painting