And The Winner Is...

Nancy A.

" Wow! What great screens! I think my favorite is Thermofax Screen Gauze Screen,  but it was really hard to choose. I loved them all! "

Nancy, I will be emailing you to get the info we need to mail the goodies (from me the gauze screen) to you!

Congratulations!

Thermofax 101 DVD With Lyric Kinard

I had the pleasure of reviewing Lyric's DVD on beading (which is spectacular) and now I get to review her new one on Thermofax Screen Printing!

I've been using a thermofax for many years now and selling them for the past 7 or so years.
I learned a couple of really good tips from Lyric on this DVD.

I often point my customers and friends towards online tutorials for more in depth instructions. Since Lyric has made an entire DVD full of great tips, I can happily point them in her direction.

She starts at the very beginning of what a Thermofax screen is and leads you all the way through to designing your own patterns or art cloth.

You can use the screens for so many purposes - art quilting, creating one of a kind clothing, totes and bags, ceramics and pottery, plaster, paper, art journal and the list goes on.

Lyric also covers the in's and out's of fabric paint and the other mediums you can use instead of paint on your screens.

Every single thing you need to know to be successful with Thermofax screen printing is on this DVD.


There is 65 minutes of solid instruction from this fun loving fabric artist.

Chapters:
1. What's a Thermofax: how it's made
2. Creating Imagery: finding and creating designs
3. Printing Techniques: how to use your screens
4. Designing Cloth: layering imagery


I promise that you will absolutely love this DVD.
Lyric's voice has such a calming effect on the listener - no wonder she is a "Teacher of the Year".
She makes the material so easy to understand and digest.

One thing I would add is this tip about taping a screen before you print with it (done to secure the edges as well as stabilize the screen).
A lot of people use duct tape - which some say has to cure (you're supposed to cure it?).
Some use strapping tape but I also use regular Painter's Tape (the blue kind). It holds up great even in the water (when rinsing the screen).

Lyric is generously offering to give a DVD away to a reader from each reviewer's blog. This includes international readers!

To be eligible for the DVD giveaway, hop over to my Etsy shop and choose your favorite image.
Then leave a comment on this post with that answer.

The winner will get their favorite screen as well as the DVD!
You will be able to start screen printing immediately.


I'll let the random number generator pick the winning post on May 16 - after all of the blog hopping has finished.

PLEASE be sure to leave an email address if you do not have a blogger profile that lists yours.
I'll need a way to get in touch with you when you win.

Thanks to you readers for reading, and to Lyric for letting me review the DVD.

The following is a list of reviewers.
Read daily to increase your chances of winning!

I'm not sure if the previous reviewers have chosen their winners yet, so check them out as well.

April 24 Cheryl Rezendez
April 25  Leslie Tucker Jenison
April 28  Sue Bleiweiss
April 30  Judy Gula
May 1  Sue & Elizabeth Gibson 
May 2  Judy Coates Perez
May 4  Linda Stokes
May 6  Jane Davila
May 6 Melanie Testa
May 7  Liz Kettle
May 8  Carol Sloan
May 9  Kathy York 

May 11  Susan Brubaker Knapp  

May 12  Desiree Habicht 

May 13  Jamie Fingal 

May 14  Deborah Boschert  

May 15  Sarah Ann Smith

There are several people that sell Thermofax screens on Etsy (as well as their own websites).

Perhaps if you can't find what you like in one shop, another one will have exactly what you want.

Don't forget that you can create your own design out of a drawing, photo or copyright free image and get someone to make the screen for you (I do this in my shop as well).

There are tons of options when it comes to printing with Thermofax screens and they are all FUN!

Pen and Paper

The longer I go without blogging, the more difficult it is to start again.

Much has happened since my last post - some good, some bad, some I am indifferent to.

I do have a really fun post coming up - introducing Lyric Kinard's new Thermofax CD!
I can't wait for the blog hop and giveaway, so stay tuned for that.

I'll include a few images from random artwork I have been creating.

A lot of percolating, a lot of time spent thinking about what I want to do next.

I'll be honest here and say that I am not too sure that I want to keep going in the direction I was heading in.
Seems like everyone wants the same thing.

I want to lead a path that is truer to what I really feel led to do, instead of being lead by the motion of others.

While I have been thinking about those things, I've been drawing, a little hand stitching and writing.

I churned out a few pages of brightly colored abstract doodles.

Obviously I am orbiting around circles...

 I (evidently) lost interest in these since two of them are not finished...

DVD Winner

Here is a true story of, ummm, incompetence (?) maybe...

Today is the BIG give-away.
I was going to go to the comments and pick the one that I thought was the oddest thing to bead...
BUT it was just too difficult to choose! I would pick one and then say (to myself)
"Well, but..."
You can imagine how the morning went.
I eventually decided to go to Random Number Generator to take the pressure off of myself...
When when I tried to post the widget with the number on it...
Arrrggghhh...

Needless to say I settled for a simple "copy/paste" thing just to finish with it!

So - all babble aside -
the lucky winner is
(TA-DA!!)


True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:15  Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Patsy Thompson, you win!

Yay for Patsy!
I'll email you soon and let you know that a soon as I get back from a bike ride, I'll mail your DVD out!

I'm not sure if there are other people still giving away copies of Lyric's DVD -

Oct 5 Sue Bleiweiss http://www.suebleiweiss.com/blog/

Oct 7 Jill Berry http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/

Oct 10 Jane LaFazio http://janeville.blogspot.com/

Oct 12 Tracie Lynn Huskamp http://thereddoor-studio.blogspot.com

Check out the above blogs for another chance to win!

And go here to purchase yours before the price increase.

Thanks everyone for participating!

Bead it Like You Mean it

I am honored to have an opportunity to review Lyric Kinard's new beading DVD today on the blog!

Lyric is a fellow host on the "Sketchbook Challenge" and I've enjoyed getting to know her there.
Oh, I've seen her work, watched her Quilting Arts DVDs and heard lots of good things about her but I've never met her in person.

Watching the DVD felt like meeting her though!

One of the things I really loved about the DVD was her voice...it sounds so calming and the distinct way that she enunciates her words made it so easy to understand what she was saying (coming from someone with a bit of hearing loss- that is important).
Bonnie McCaffery was the videographer and did a spectacular job with scene shots, the sound, and close-ups. She shot the close ups in such a way that you could see every movement that Lyric (and her beading needle) made.
Great job Bonnie!

Back to the actual content.

Lyric covers applying one bead at a time, attaching a long line of beads (seed beads, bugle beads), a curved line of beads, stacks of beads (including funky chunkies), caging a cabochon (or just making one look better!), scrumbling and how to attach beads to a finished quilt without leaving evidence on the back of it.

Whew!

I learned so many cool tips about needle selection and thread usage. Now I know why I was having so much trouble beading the edge of a small bag that I had made...

This video is PACKED with information! There is truly something for everyone here - from the newbie to the advanced beader.

And the price is right people...19.95 (plus shipping) until Oct. 12. The price increases after that to 24.95 (plus shipping). Grab it while you can save a few bucks...you can use the savings to buy more beads.

I'm giving away a copy of the DVD here on my blog!
There is one small catch though...you'll have to answer a question for me to be entered in the give-away.

Q:What is the craziest thing that you've ever seen anyone put beads on?
A: ??

So - leave a comment with your answer and I'll choose a name on Oct.7, this Friday. That will give a few days for everyone to leave a comment.
If you don't have an email attached to your blog name, please leave me a way to contact you.
Or be sure to check back Friday for the winner.

Good luck!

If you just can't wait - here is a link to go ahead and purchase it. Remember it's on sale until Oct. 12.

There are a few more blog reviews with give aways associated with them. I'll post a list of them so you can keep entering to win!


Oct 5 Sue Bleiweiss http://www.suebleiweiss.com/blog/
Oct 7 Jill Berry http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/
Oct 10 Jane LaFazio http://janeville.blogspot.com/
Oct 12 Tracie Lynn Huskamp http://thereddoor-studio.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

I'm A Winner!

Look at what I won from Lyric Kinard's blog site. I put a comment on her blog site for a chance to win one of her ATC's.
I love her surface design on this ATC. I do believe that she has a book coming out in fall of this year. You can pre-order it here. I can't wait to get it as I love Lyric's colorful art quilts!

Lyric Kinard

Wow! I was looking around at the Blue Ridge Quilt Festival and came upon this awesome fiber artist. Go to http://www.lyrickinard.com/ and look at her wonderful work.

Here is her blog , http://www.lyrickinard.blogspot.com/ ("Lyric Art" ).

I am going to try and take some of her classes at the Festival.

The dates are June 20-22. Here is the web site http://www.brqfestival.com/ .

Does anyone want to go with me?