Pick a canvas from the shop 4 months prior to class and Saira will send if off to award winning stitch guide writer and teacher, Cynthia Thomas (Cindy) who will prepare a fun and exciting stitch guide filled with the latest threads and embellishment choices for you.
During the 2-day class we’ll discuss stitches in your guide, go over techniques to improve your stitching and have fun. Students will learn not only from their own canvas, but from other class canvases.

Cindy started her teaching career in Houston in 1987. She has taught at shops, needlework guilds and national needlework trade shows. She has been a columnist for Needle Pointers, Needlepoint Now and Cross Stitch and Needleworks. She was one of the early stitch guide writers for canvas designers such as: The Princess and Me, Melissa Shirley Designs, Shelly Tribbey, Rebecca Wood, Whimsy and Grace and many more. She has written 100’s of custom stitch guides for stitchers. She has won awards at Woodlawn Plantation and the American Needlepoint Guild. She is the author of Noses, Roses and Other Fun Stuff; How To Use Microsoft Office to Create Diagrams, and Stitch Guides; and Presto Chango! How to Create New Stitches.