Cynthia Stuart became certified as an appraiser of quilted textiles through the American Quilter’s Society certification program in 2016. She teaches classes on Dating Quilts and Quilt Repairs, is a quilter of contemporary textiles and is a quilt show judge currently enrolled as a candidate in the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges program.  In 2014 she started a small business buying and selling quilts.  She is the coordinator for the Tennessee Quilt Study group, and has lectured on quilt history at the local and national level. 

In her previous lives she was in charge of training and recruiting at a Fortune 500 company, was a CPA and was an elementary school librarian. Cindy lives with her husband Michael and little dog Oliver in Maryville, Tennessee in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains.