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1983

City & Guilds of London, England, Embroidery Part 2 with Distinction

1981

City & Guilds of London, England, Embroidery Part 1 with Distinctions

1981

City & Guilds of London, England, Textiles Part 1.

Teaching Certificate, specializing Biology, Textile Crafts, Sheffield University, England

Sheffield University, England - Permanent Teacher’s Certificate, Ontario

Professional Activities
Instuctor

2009, 10

 Several different workshops to groups on Ontario.

2009-09

Southhampton Art School, Ontario.

2009

St. Clair College, Chatham, Ontario

2008 - 10

Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON

1993 - 2010

Summer School, Haliburton, ON

2006

Tallahasee, Florida.

2006-05

St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON

2000

Canadian Embroiderer’s Guild, London, ON

1999 - 2000

Thousand Islands Summer School of the Arts, Brockville, ON

1998

Fibreworks, Kingston, ON

1996 

Quilt Canada, Saskatoon, SK

1994-93

Bernina University, ON

1992

Thousand Islands Summer School of the Arts, Brockville, ON

1991

York Heritage Quilters, Toronto, ON

1991

Rouge Valley Quilters, Toronto, ON

1990-89

St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Fibreworks weekend

sylvia.naylor@sympatico.ca
Lecturer

1995 - 2010

Quilting, Stitchery and Weaving groups in Eastern Ontario

1995 

“Sew It Seams”, Abbotsford, BC

1995  

Port Hope, Heirloom Quilters, ON

1992

Canadian Sewing and Needlework Festival, Toronto, ON      

1989 - 90

St. Lawrence College, Kingston for Fibreworks, ON

1985 - 87

Quilting and Embroidery groups in England

Awards

2010

Ontario Arts Council Project Grant

1996

CQA “Award of Excellence” for Wearable Art

1990 

Best Fibre Art Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Show

1989 

Mary Diamond Butt’s Award, Ontario Crafts ‘89

1983

Silver Medal for the top student in Britain in City & Guilds Embroidery

1983 

Merchant Taylor Award, given by City & Guilds of London Institute

Works Shown in Publications

2010

Adventures in Design, Joen Wolfrom

2010

‘1000 Artisan Textiles’  Quarry Press

2010

‘500 Art Quilts’   Lark Books, USA

2009

SAQA Potfolio 16, USA

2009          

Quilting Arts Calendar for 2009

2008

SAQA Portfolio 15, USA

2008

"Quilting Arts" April issue

2008 - Sept

"Inspiration" Bernina Switzerland

2007

‘ Galleries West’ 

1996 

“Beyond the Horizon” by Valerie Hearder

1995

Bernina Calender, a piece of wearable art

1994  

“Profile” magazine, Kingston, ON

1988

Bernina magazine, Switzerland

1985

“The New Machine Embroidery” by Joy Clucas

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