Cindy was born in Iowa, into a family of quilters, where she was introduced to sewing and quilting at a very young age. She entered the quilting world professionally in the late 1980's by teaching timeless traditional quilting techniques at local quilt shops.
In 1994, Cindy had the desire to “paint” on her quilts. Thus the birth of the contemporary technique, Snippet Sensations, (published November 1996). The technique was immediately successful and swept the country. In 1998, Snippet Sensations won the PRIMEDIA Award of Excellence as the best publication in the USA in the sewing/craft/quilting category. She produced her Snippet Creations video in 1999.
In 2000, Cindy co-authored two books Fine Hand Quilting and Attic Windows Quilts with a View, both Krause Publications.
More Snippet Sensations was released October 2000, Krause Publications. It has over 20 step-by-step projects and boasts a large section on turning your snippet project into a quilt, and free motion machine quilting.
One of Cindy's favorite passions is painting fabric. This led her to co-author the Basic Guide to Dyeing & Painting Fabric with Jennifer Priestley in 2002.
If you like Historical patterns you love Basic Appliqué, co-authored with Gale Baker Rowe. It features 1930 patterns with Traditional and Contemporary Appliqué techniques.
You'll find her newest book very exciting. Contemporary Quilting, co-authored with Stevii Graves, features a summary of the Quilting Industry over the past 20 years, 10 step-by-step projects, and a huge, glorious gallery of contemporary quilts.
Cindy is the co-host of
former show Quilt Central TV show with Janie Donaldson.
She currently hosts specials and reports for Quilters TV. Go to
www.Quilterstv.com, for free internet TV
playing 150 shows at any one time. Other TV appearances include: America Sews - PBS; Kaye Woods’ Quilting Friends - PBS; Sew Perfect - HGTV; Simply Quilts - HGTV; Creative Corner- PBS, and Home Matters - Discovery channel.
Lectures and Workshops include: International Quilt Market and Festival, HIA, Road to California, Sew and Stitchery EXPO, International Quilt week ‘98 Yokohama Japan, New Zealand Quilt Symposium, Creativa Festival in Germany, Berlin Patchwork Symposium, Images 2000, Quilt Colorado and numerous guild shows.
Her newest adventure includes creating Painted Quilt Patterns. View more information about her Starburst and Poinsettia Christmas patterns at www.JWDPublishing.com. She has also created a new product on which to paint called Cindy Walter's Stabilized Cotton, made by Jacquard Products.
Join her every April at the Hawaiian Quilting Retreat in Honolulu where you can pick classes from a group of very talented quilting teachers and stay at the luxurious Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio. www.Quiltcruises.com
Cindy's newest book
Dyeing & Painting Fabric is out of Print
Painted Quilt Patterns
Starburst painted Quilt pattern
Stabilized Cotton
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