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

On Paper and Joy

On Paper and Joy

This week was full – classes taught, lectures given, ideas…

an image showing a page for a textile book. Circles are sewn and hand stitched with running stitches, back stitches, satin stitch, colonial knots and blanket stitch. All on linen

A Week of Laying Foundations

This past week in the studio was a quiet one…

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On Teaching, Returning Classes … and Circles

It’s been one of those weeks — full of teaching,…

Everything Old is New Again

Everything Old is New Again

This past week didn’t come with any big milestones or…

sliver of January and February stitch journal 2025

Holding a Year: Stitch Journal 2025

The stitch journal for 2025 is finally done and dusted.…

New Classes Made Slowly and by Hand

New Classes Made Slowly and by Hand

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

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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…