Creative & Designer

Ana’s work focuses on Art Quilting, incorporating different elements of surface design: fabric painting, mono-printing, screen printing, hand-dyeing and embroidery techniques. She works mostly with her own artist hand-dyed and designed fabrics.

AWAITS AN OLD BARN

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Workshops & Trunk Shows

Ana has been teaching quilting since 1986. From traditional techniques such as Free-motion quilting and New York Beauties blocks to art techniques: monoprinting, fabric dyeing, Paintstiks on Fabric and many more.

Writer & Author

Ana is a frequent contributor to Quilting Arts Magazine and to A Needle Pulling Thread. Her work has also been publshed in the American Quilter’s Society Magazine, in Modern Patchwork, as well as in 101 Patchwork Projects and Quilts and Quilt Scene. Ana has appeared on Quilting Arts TV on several occasions, and has 2 workshop DVDs with Interweave/F&W.

Recent blog posts

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Virtual Schoolhouse #9 this week

As I write this, I’m watching a black squirrel running…

Oh! The In-Betweens

Oh! The In-Betweens

The “in-between” periods, though not as visibly productive, are actually…

a photo of a clay pot with a beautiful rounded shape showing the signs of time: mold, splatters of paint and moss on a tiled sidewalk

The Why of Creative Endeavours

I wake up every morning and wonder why I still…

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Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving! I have a lot to be thankful for.…

a view of bare trees against a blue sky

Bare trees – crafting memories

Today, I want to delve into a subject that’s deeply…

the front side of the front cover for the botanical hand-stitched book showing the detail of embroidered design from the vintage French table runner used to create it

The Art of Slow Stitching

Finding peace in the process Yikes! Another week has gone…

an image of a stack of fabrics and threads with pins and a measuring tape and a pair of scissors

What goes on behind the scenes?

Ahhh, a lot! That’s the answer to the question what…

a detail of some of the stitches and the trims used on the piece

Scraps, a needle and some thread

What’s not to like? A couple of weeks ago, I…