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

New Classes Made Slowly and by Hand

New Classes Made Slowly and by Hand

As the year begins, I find myself returning to the…

happy new year

Happy New Year!

A new year always arrives with a certain freshness to…

Stitching the End of 2025

Stitching the End of 2025

When I began this daily stitching journey back on January…

From my House to Yours …

From my House to Yours …

Happy Holidays! As the year draws to a close, I…

detail - a collage of fabrics on linen with yellow hexies appliqued as a flower and then 2 poppy seed pods are hand-stitched on top with one leaf

A Bit of a Detour – And We are Back on Track

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that no one…

While It’s Cold in Town … I stitch!

While It’s Cold in Town … I stitch!

November is history and we are in the midst of…

Gray rock embellished with colonial knots and fly stitch

Unexpected Detours in the Rocks Series

It’s the end of the week again, which means it’s…

an image showing a stack of scraps of fabric on a piece ini progress with textile rocks on top

Sneezes, Stones and Stitches

This past week went by in a blur again –…