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

exit sign from hawaii

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.

Portfolio items

Recent blog posts

pergola and furniture

Creating a sense of place

A desire to create an outdoor oasis led me to…

Old window with broken glass panes in Wrentham AB

Ni Una Más – The Story & the Process

The story and the process of making “Ni Una Más”,…

Interviews and self-doubt

Interviews and self-doubt

An interview with Create Whimsy online. Writing from the heart.…

self-care

Navigating the guilt of creative procrastination

Ahhh guilt. The unwelcome companion of procrastination. When you find…

I really don’t feel like doing that just now

I really don’t feel like doing that just now

Creative procrastination is a common challenge that many of us…

large vessel with marks created in Fotoda

Why fear is a killer

On Fear. The fear of not being good enough. Of…

window montage Fotoda

Do you call yourself an artist?

I started to think about the concept of being an…

piece using silks

On heavy thoughts, cleaning and not sleeping

On having heavy thoughts and not being able to sleep.…