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.

Available Workshops

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.

Portfolio items

an image of a small piece of work called Infinite Horizons showing a beautiful sky in a watercolour technique and then water and rocks at the bottom with lots of hand-stitching
Art Quilts

Infinite Horizons

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detail showing some of the rocks and the french knows and triple seed stitches
Art Quilts

Low Tide at Rocky Point

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An image of an old red barn painted with thickened dyes on a piece of dropcloth in different colours of red
Rhapsody in Red

Awaits an Old Red Barn

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an image showing a collage of fabrics lightly painted with white. circles in diffeent shapes and textures can be seen on top. A manipulated image of the warner grain elevators has been applied in the centre.
Grain Elevators

Warner

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original magazine paper collage with strips
Collages

Behind Copper Doors

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Image showing a textile piece called Detailed in red inspired by a collage made with magazine papers. Digitally printed by SPoonflower. the image shows the texture created by the different papers used in strips and circles.
Rhapsody in Red

Detailed in Red

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a detail photo of some of the peaks at the top of the piece with the red background showing the straight line stitching radiating from the points
Rhapsody in Red

Fractures and Fissures

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a view of an old roman pot - the top left part of it, overlayed with an image of an old building in ruins and a line of birds on a wire taken in Sicily. The background is silver gilding
Vessels and Vases

The Ruins of Time

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Recent blog posts

Threads across Continents – First Melbourne

Threads across Continents – First Melbourne

I’ve just returned from a whirlwind journey that stitched together…

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Kyoto’s Golden Splendor and Quiet Retreats

Kyoto’s Golden Splendor and Quiet Retreats

Kyoto is a city that feels like stepping into a…

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Kyoto and a Dream Come True

Kyoto and a Dream Come True

Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan, was a dream. Walking…

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The Trip of a Lifetime

The Trip of a Lifetime

Japan has always been a destination that intrigued me—the perfect…

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First Impressions of Tokyo

First Impressions of Tokyo

After long hours in the air – broken up by…

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Art Evolved: Intertwined

Art Evolved: Intertwined

I have one piece of work at the SAQA and…

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image of four appliquéd rocks on a yellow linen background

The Evolving Nature of Completion

In 2023, I completed Mind Wanderings Over Tumbling Rocks, a…

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a view of an elegant tea table with tiny quiche and sandwiches, scones, teapots and vintage tea cups.

Another week means a few more stitches

In between the usual comings and goings, I feel that…

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