Dialect 40″ x 40″ hand dyed cloth, batting, acrylic, thread Premiering at the International Quilt Festival in Personal Iconography: Graffiti on Cloth presented by Dinner@8…
I’d like to introduce you to one of my favorite quilt artists – Virginia Greaves. She recently created a piece for Personal Iconography: Graffiti on Fabric…
REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW UPGRADE YOUR ART by learning a variety of professional presentation options for textiles. Award winning artists, Lyric Kinard shows you mounting and…
I have the BEST friends! The kind that say, “I’ve just created a fabric line. Will you help me make samples?” And then you get this…
Does your creative brain wake up with the rest of nature like mine does? The trees budding seems to pull the sap out of hibernation in…
It means life has ramped up behind the scenes. Sometimes good. Sometimes less so. A little bit of both this time. I’ve spent the past two…
Why I choose to resist, Threads of Resistance…
I’ve got a new class on the docket, Playful Portraiture. As is always the case with a new class I’ll work and tweak and refine the…
I had one of those days yesterday. Not enough sleep and a headache. Heartache too. Then a wonderful friend reached out to me. Just a simple texted…
How to Paint Your Shoes! by Lyric Kinard…
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Tutorial: Stamp Carving
February 3, 2017Stamp Carving with Lyric Kinard Thought you might like a little tutorial on stamp carving. This is a short video excerpt from my Quilting Arts DVD…
Let me tell you a funny story. My husband loves me dearly and supports me in every way. He is, after all, Mr. Almost Perfect! He…
How to edge your art quilt with a satin-stitch, with artist Lyric Montgomery Kinard…
It’s long past Christmas and the world has moved on, but I thought I’d share a few links anyway. In 2015 I got a little carried…
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Tutorial: Mounting Textile Art – gallery wrapped canvas
January 30, 2017As promised – here is part 2 of my process in creating a series of works for The Art Box CSA Art Box work by Lyric Montgomery…
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Tutorial: Bead Looped Stacks
January 29, 2017It’s bead overload month – and I hope to bring you several tutorials that will augment the techniques shown in my DVD Bead It Like You Mean…
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Tutorial: Sketchbook Slipcover
January 28, 2017Sketchbook Slipcover Video Tutorial Following this week’s giveaway, I thought I’d repost this video tutorial on how to make a slipcover for your sketchbook. The written…
Quite some time ago (isn’t it funny how quickly tech gadgets are outdated!?) I sent in these little cases for Quilting Arts Magazine for the “Glam-To-Go…
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Tutorial: Citra-Solv Photo Transfer
January 28, 2017The work I do as a mother involves a lot of delayed gratification. When I escape to the studio and put on my artist’s hat it…
The process of moving the ink from a photocopy onto fabric with Citra-Solv is my favorite instant gratification technique in fiber arts. You can find a…
When you are looking for a photograph to use for Citra-solv photo transfer there are several things to consider. Of course you need to start…
Welcome to part two of how to use Photoshop Elements to get your vintage photos ready to use for CitraSolv photo transfers. If…
This blog has been sorely neglected for such a long time. Of course, sometimes I think it is just a narcissistic “oh look at me” kind…
I’ll give you a quick run down of the process I used to get this photo ready for the transfer process. Take a look at the…
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Tutorial: Finding Copyright Free Images at The Commons at Flickr
January 25, 2017In an ongoing effort to help you find copyright free imagery, or imagery with “no known copyright restrictions” here is another source. The Commons at Flickr…
Welcome back to this long winded tutorial on how to use Photoshop Elements to get a vintage photo ready for the Citrasolv transfer process. Here is…
One of my favorite sources for vintage photographic images is the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog You can search the collections…
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Tutorial: Photoshop Elements for Photo Transfer – Examples
January 23, 2017This photo of the beautiful Marion Anderson has too many grey tones to transfer well in the CitraSolv process. Deleting the background then boosting the Brightness…
This is for my fabulous students who have been patiently waiting for me to write up a tutorial. Paper Camera by JFDP Labs is an app that…
Or – “how I use Snapseed to alter a photo I’ve already taken so that it is easier to turn that photo into a pattern for…
You might think there is nothing worse than being stuck in the middle seat of a packed airplane on a long light, but I look at…
I love to look down a path. I wonder about the mystery of what lies just beyond my view. Creating that illusion of depth, the feeling…
Hello Friends… it’s been a while! I’m trying my best as the freight train of my life rushes on to hop off now and then to…
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Tutorial: Discharge Printing With Bubble Wrap
January 19, 2017Do you love messing around with fabric as much as I do? The instant gratification of painting and discharging fabric is one of my favorite things…
Photo by Lyric Kinard Last week I talked a little bit about using the placement and sizes of shapes to create the illusion depth and space on…
The Beautiful Smoky Mountains I’ve been talking to you a little bit about how to create the illusion of depth and space in a work of…
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Tutorial: Thermofax + Foil = FUN!
January 18, 2017Enjoy this video for making a valentines fabric postcard! One layer of paint, a second of metallic foil, a third layer of paint. If you are…
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Tutorial: How to Edit a Photo for a Thermofax Screen
January 17, 2017I’d like to show you how to take a photograph and prepare it for a thermofax screen. Printing with these screens is one of my very…
If you are unsure of how to size your image so that I can make a thermofax screen for you – here are some instructions. First…
Just for fun – over the next week or two I’ll repost some of your favorite tutorials – enjoy! A couple of weeks ago one…
It’s my turn! Artspark’s heARTfest tutorial blog hop Let’s make a sweet little valentine postcard Valentine by Lyric Kinard I’d like to show you…
And here are step by step photos if you weren’t quick enough to fold along with the video. Seriously – all you need is a…
I spent half a day ignoring all the “shoulds” on my list. The result was this spectacular piece of origami. Braided Corona Star origami designed by…
I love origami. Because I also love music I get a kick out of folding ornaments out of a few old piano books I found. It still…
This December I hope to post and point you to some lovely tutorials. Let’s make stuff – bring beauty and light into a world that needs…
I thought I’d share a sweet and very doable project with you for Valentines day. This easily folded (I promise!) origami heart has a lovely little…
If you missed the tutorial on how to fold these sweet little origami hearts, just scroll down. The post should be right next to this one.…
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Tutorial: Useful Knot and Mini Beaded Ornament
January 4, 2017A little beading tutorial for you: This short little video will clarify how to make the useful little know that keeps all those beads…
Let’s make a lovely little ornament. I’m using Miyuki twisted bugle beads, number 6, 11, and 15 seed beads, and a felt ball. I use…
As promised… here is a video tutorial for how to puzzle out the celtic knots I’ve been playing with. In the meantime… I challenge you…
Drawing the human figure is difficult. But it CAN be done. A good beginning is to learn about proportions. I was surprised to learn that…
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Work in Progress: How to Sew a Decorative Hanging Pocket
December 31, 2016Progress on the Boro Inspired by Melanie Testa’s Rockstar Boro project. I got the zipper put in (the right way this time!), and the hem finished…
The Boxing Sisters 8″ x 8″ $45.00 plus shipping Prayers 7″ x 8″ $45.00 plus shipping Feed the Birds 7″ x 9″ $45.00 plus…
Anna Pavlova 9″ x 9″ $40.00 plus shipping Fierce Cheetah Girl 6″ x 6″ $30.00 plus shipping Sweet Little Girl with Hat 8″ x 8″…
Though I would share some of the sweet little things I made before IQF. Dragonfly Beauty 7″ x 5″ (sold) Little Clown Boy 8″ x 8″…
I thought I’d take a minute and share a few snapshots of my time in Houston, TX at the International Quilt Festival. See that building on…
Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold…
More often than not October finds me in a mad scramble to get everything ready to teach at the International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas. It…
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is set on the highest point in Montmartre. As I visited it on the last day of our…
The cloth for this bear is very subtly dyed then screen printed with an image of the handwritten notation of a fiddle tune collected by a…
I’d like to introduce you to a little project I was invited to be a part of. RARE Science works directly with patient families and foundations to find…
Last one I promise. My favorite part of the Palais Garnier (Paris Grand Opera) was a lobby that had exquisite tapestries on the walls. Busts of…
They were rehearsing when we visited the Opera so we only had a quick moment to view the auditorium and see the Chagal glass in the…
looking up looking down up down up down up down (now this… I looooooove!) UP… love this too. The guard didn’t love the way I took…
I’m still going through pictures from last year’s trip to Paris and Greece. My daughter and I saw a lot of french architecture that I call…
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. John Cotton Dana I’m brave enough to call myself an artist, but I wonder sometimes. I don’t…
Congratulations to Lynne P. !!!! You’ve won a copy of Deborah Boschert’s book! If you didn’t win – I highly recommend this book. You can purchase it…
Dance III 5″ x 7″ 3/4″ $85.00…
Dance II 5″ x 7″ x 3/4″ $85.00…
I love doodling in my sketchbook. This sketchbook is definitely not a work of art – it’s my WORK place. Most of what’s in there is an…