{"id":5144,"date":"2017-09-05T13:09:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T20:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5144"},"modified":"2017-09-05T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T20:09:53","slug":"meet-road-2018-teachervendor-and-hurricane-harvey-survivor-cynthia-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/05\/meet-road-2018-teachervendor-and-hurricane-harvey-survivor-cynthia-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Road 2018 Teacher\/Vendor and Hurricane Harvey Survivor: Cynthia England"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tCynthia England is an international fiber artist<\/strong>, pattern designer<\/strong> and author<\/strong> who is known for many things in the quilting industry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

She has won Best of Show<\/strong> at the International Quilt Festival<\/a> in Houston 3 times. <\/strong>Her latest award-winning quilt was this past Spring for her work, Reflections of Cape Town \"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Her quilt, Piece and Quiet<\/em> was distinguished as one of “The Twentieth Century’s Best Quilts<\/strong>.\u201d\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

She owns England Design Studios<\/em><\/a>, where she promotes a technique she has developed called Picture Piecing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

And as of August 25, 2017, Cynthia England is survivor of Hurricane Harvey<\/strong>, the catastrophic storm that sent record breaking rainfall to southeastern Texas.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nCynthia has lived in Houston, Texas her whole life. She currently lives in Dickinson, Texas; halfway between Galveston and Houston. When Hurricane Harvey hit, Cynthia and her family were at home. She remembers, \u201cWe have a two-story house. My studio and our garages are on the lower floor and all of our living space is up above. We had 7 neighbors who had one story houses come and stay with us. We watched the storm from our deck up above; very scary. I live on a creek, but our house is built up high. We still got a foot of water in the downstairs area. At one point, there were minnows in my laundry room; very freaky.\u201d\nThere was lots of discussion with Cynthia and her family whether or not to leave when the mandatory evacuation was called. In the end, they felt safe because they were up high. Her neighbor had a canoe tied to their post so they could get out if they had to. Two of the neighbors staying with them were elderly; one in her eighties; one ninety. They also had an engineer and a nurse with them. So, they felt that it would be best to ride it out. They never lost power and their water was fine.\nBecause she is \u201calways a quilter,\u201d (Cynthia has been quilting since she was 13), as she and her neighbors were waiting out the storm, Cynthia taught two of the ladies that were stuck at her house how to piece a lap quilt<\/strong>!! Cynthia related, \u201cThey are making a Texas charm quilt and were excited about it. It took their mind off of things. We all got to know each other better and I feel like I have made some fast friends. Nobody ever bitched, moaned or cried. They took the canoe to their houses and brought back food. We even had turtle cheesecake one night. They were awesome!\u201d\nHow did Hurricane Harvey affect her quilts and her business? “All of my Horn sewing furniture is toast; sewing tables, cutting tables. I had 13 book cases that were ruined; file cabinets, computer desks. A lot of my booth supplies for quilt shows are ruined.\u00a0I had time to move my fabric up, so I didn\u2019t loose any bolts. Two were damp and I have washed them. About 20 yards of my personal stash got wet, but my friend helped me wash it and I am good there. I did have business files fall into water. All my sewing machines were taken upstairs and all my quilts are fine.”\nOf her Hurricane Harvey experience, Cynthia says, \u201cAll in all, we feel extremely fortunate. Because we didn\u2019t leave we were able to start cleaning up immediately. The water went down overnight. This has been an amazing experience. Not one I want to repeat, but this too shall pass.\u201d\nEngland Design Studios will have a booth at Road 2018 and Cynthia will also be teaching 2003C Sandy Shore<\/strong> on Tuesday at Road 2018.\"\"<\/a>\nCynthia hopes her students realize \u201chow much easier her technique, Picture Piecing, <\/em>is than paper piecing. There is no paper to pick out. \u00a0You work on the right side of the fabric. If you don\u2019t sew perfect, you remove the freezer paper and re-iron. Lots of cheating!\u201d\nWe wish Cindy well as she continues her Hurricane Harvey recovery and look forward to seeing her at Road to California next January.\n \n \n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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