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Once upon a time
in a land far, far away...
A land called Chicago Illinois in a BIG country called America,
there lived a girl named Cindy...
Ok, seriously now... I grew up in Chicago on the southwest side in Brighton Park. For anyone from
Chicago, you know that's an important factor in the geography of ChiTown.. :)
My Mom sewed all the time, made us clothes, made clothes for my Barbie too. She taught me how to hand sew, embroider and use
her old Singer machine.
Most the neighbourhood girls belonged to Girl Scouts, from Brownies to Seniors and some of us were GS leaders as well. Geez,
we had fun!! Between all the crafts we learned in Scouts and my Mom's influence, I grew to have a passion for creating
things.
I suppose as with most hobbies, they grow and evolve over the years. Besides needlework, I dabbled in metal working/jewelry
making, rubber stamping and paper making. I also learned to use a computer which fueled my creative fire and I had hours of
fun playing with graphics in Photoshop and collecting fonts and dingbats.
After marrying my husband Des, I moved to Brisbane Australia in 1998. I continued with my hobbies and came to purchase a
second hand Pfaff 7570 embroidery machine. Well, wasn't it love at first sight! Within months, I had purchased a digitizing
program and was on my way...
Unfortunately, that pesky job I have to go to 5 days a week can really put a hamper on the leisure time. My paying job is a
clinical nurse in a drug and alcohol treatment program. I do love my job and work with some fabulous people.
I probably spend too much of my off time at the sewing machine and computer, but heck, it's not like I'm getting into trouble
or anything!!! :) My dear husband Des is doing his best to get me up and moving. I had a heart attack and bi-pass surgery in
Jan 2006 at the tender age of 48, so that has impacted upon my life significantly.
I have 2 gorgeous children (ages 21 and 18) who live in Chicago, along with the rest of my family, Mom and 6 brothers and
their families,and all my lifelong friends are there and I do miss them all very much. I try to get home as often as I
can.
I come from a very artistic/creative family. My Mom played piano and has a great talent for drawing, 2 brothers play kick
butt guitar, one brother is an artist who studied at The Art Institute of Chicago, we all have been lucky enough to inherit a
bit of that creative talent in our own ways.
My tastes tend to be a bit eclectic, ranging from art nouveau to prim/country to grunge to gothic to southwestern. You will
probably notice that in my designs. I hope you enjoy them...
Remember, all embroidery designs are in PCS format, you can convert to most any other format
using a conversion program.
Click below for a free download.
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what's new ?
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See what some talented embroiderers have created using CinDes Embroidery Designs on the projects page...
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Primitive embroidery designs are now appearing on my Country/Prim page... Sweet Prim Annie and friends.
Graphic by Cheryl Seslar
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Geometric embroidery designs are now appearing on my Corners & Borders page... Fun and colourful designs.
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New Southwest Embroidery Designs have been added to my
Bit-N-Pieces page...
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