Sylvia Naylor is an artist and educator. She began her career in England, as a teacher, before moving to Canada. She has taught thread and paint related workshops in Canada, the USA and England. Sylvia loves to experiment with paints and stitches which has led to quilt art pieces and collages which combining paper and hand and free machine embroidery. Her beautiful embroideries using free motion machine embroidery are worked on her dyed and transfer painted fabric. Sylvia finds the inspiration for her work everywhere but her love of the natural world predominates. She has won numerous awards and has been featured in several international publications. Sylvia's pictures have been shown in galleries in Canada, the UK, USA and Germany. Her work is in private collections in many parts of the world.