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8dec12:00 pm- 1:00 pmLyric Kinard Lecture - Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 - The Elements of Art for Every Quilter - For GAAQG MembersInstructor: Lyric Kinard

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On Tuesday, December 8, at 12:00 noon, the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild and Village Square Quilters (New York guild) have partnered to present Lyric Kinard’s virtual lecture “The Elements of Art for Every Quilter.” This lecture is free for GAAQG members. There are 50 GAAQG spots available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Members must pre-register by logging in with their personal username and password and then going to the 2020 Guild Workshops Member Registration.

Kick-start your creativity and learn about the basic elements and principles of good design. Learn why some colors fizz while others explode, why some quilts calm and some excite. Examples from every genre in the quilt world show how you can use a broader color palette to showcase your favorite blue, or more intentional methods for using differently scaled prints.

This lecture will help you learn few simple tools from the artist’s kit that will help you take your work, whether traditional or contemporary, to the next level. Audience participation keeps viewers engaged after the lights go down and the gorgeous quilts go up on your screen.

Lyric translates the language of ART into delightful and simple to understand concepts and presents them in such an entertaining and practical way that everyone goes home thinking, “I can do that!” She is on a crusade to convince every quilter that they can use the principles of art in whatever kinds of quilts they love to create.

You can read about Lyric and see her artwork at lyrickinard.com

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(Tuesday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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9dec10:00 am- 1:00 pmLyric Kinard Class Dec. 9, 2020 - Apli-Punto to Go - Fusible Reverse Applique with Trapunto Online WorkshopInstructor: Lyric Kinard

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Painlessly create beautiful designs with intricate detail, perfect for quilts, wearables, borders or accents. Long flowing, curly borders or pictures with the sharpest points and thinnest lines imaginable are possible with this easy method using fusible web. Combine fabrics such as silk and wool for wearables or stick to quilting cottons tried and true. Give your design that extra punch with the added dimension of trapunto…. without all the slitting and stuffing! As an added bonus, it’s super easy to create two images at the same time, one positive and one negative.

You will learn:
– What kind of patterns will work for this technique
– How to do reverse fusible appliqué
– Different ways for transferring your pattern to cloth
– How to use fusible web
– How to create a faux-trapunto effect
– Hints for quilting your finished top
– How this technique can be used for up cycling clothing and wearable art

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Fee: $35 payable directly to Lyric Kinard – click here to register

About Lyric

Lyric Montgomery Kinard is an award winning artist with a passion for sparking the creativity that she knows each of her students posses. With playful support and gentle encouragement she will take you through your first steps on a new path, seeing the world through the eyes of an artist. As an artist, author, and educator she transforms cloth into art in her studio and timid spirits into confident creatives in the classroom.Lyric was recognized for her talents as the 2011 International Association of Professional Quilters Teacher of the Year and is the author of the book Art + Quilt: design principles and creativity exercises. She has written extensively for Quilting Arts Magazine, appeared on Quilting Arts TV, and The Quilt Show. In her past life she was a musician, earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Utah and has also formally studied architecture. She currently lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband and some of their five children.

You can read about Lyric and see her artwork at lyrickinard.com

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(Wednesday) 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

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