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Meet Cynthia England
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Cynthia's stunning quilts have been winning 1st place ribbons at
local and national quilting events since 1991 and have graced the
pages of many quilting publications.
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Here Cynthia engages in one of her favorite activities: collecting
fabric!
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| Her most recognized quilt, Piece
and Quiet, was chosen as one of the "The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts" in 2000. In addition to this award, Cynthia has won Best of Show twice in the IQA show at the International Quilt Festival in Houston for her quilts Piece and Quiet, in 1993, and Open Season, in 2000. |
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| Cynthia began quilting at the age of 13, her interest in quilting
was piqued again in 1976 after seeing a display of the Texas Sesquicential
quilts in a nearby mall. Essentially a self-taught quilter, she has
made about 24 bed-sized quilts and over 70 wall quilts. Although she
started with and occasionally still makes traditional style quilts,
Cynthia's hallmark is realistically detailed pictorial quilts. Using
skills she developed as a commercial graphic artist, she creates quilts
depicting some of her favorite subjects: flowers, nature, antiques
and architecture. |
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| After using applique to get the realistic effect in her early quilts,
Cynthia gradually devised a machine piecing technique she calls Picture
Piecing. This technique breaks the design down into pieces that
can all be sewn using straight seams and allows her to include intricate
details and shading without a single set-in seam. Her first quilt
made entirely from that technique, Piece and Quiet, was so
successful she was inspired to continue designing with the Picture
Piecing method. |
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| After numerous requests to teach her technique to other quilters,
Cynthia launched a line of Picture Piecing patterns and thus
her business, England Design, was born. This world wide web
site shows all of Cynthia's prize winning quilts as well as the entire
line of England Design patterns. If you would like to see a
complete list of the awards her quilts have won and the publications
which have featured them, visit her resume. |
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