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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Blocks Reborn as Pages

An artist book stitched from rocks, fabric, and memory You…

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The Value of Testing and Not Giving Up

Lately, my studio time has been filled with experiments. For…

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The Language of Folds

As I work through the FibreArt Takes Two course Unbound,…

A New Chapter: Exploring Artists’ Books

A New Chapter: Exploring Artists’ Books

I’ve just signed up for a new course with FibreArts…

Back from England with Inspiration and Stories

Back from England with Inspiration and Stories

I’m back home after a fantastic trip to England and…

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To England and Back

After a 10-year absence, I finally made it back to…

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Bringing Stitched Art to Life

Painting, Layering, and Embracing Happy Accidents In Ruth Norbury’s workshop,…

Building on Ideas

Building on Ideas

Last week, I shared a glimpse of the stitching I’ve…