Creative & Designer
Ana Buzzalino is a textile artist and surface designer whose work explores colour, texture, memory, and the stories materials hold. Combining her own hand-dyed fabrics with vintage linens, lace, and other found textiles, she creates art quilts and slow-stitched textile books that celebrate the beauty of materials, the passage of time, and the art of making by hand.
Workshops & Lectures
Ana has been teaching quilting and textile arts since 1986. Today, her workshops and lectures focus on hand stitching, art quilting, surface design, monoprinting, fabric dyeing, and mixed-media explorations. Through hands-on classes and engaging presentations, she encourages participants to experiment with materials, explore new possibilities, and develop their own creative voice.
Writer & Author
Ana Buzzalino is a frequent contributor to Quilting Arts Magazine and A Needle Pulling Thread. Her work has also been featured in American Quilter’s Society Magazine, Modern Patchwork, 101 Patchwork Projects, Quilt Scene, and Stitched Journeys with Birds: Inspiration to Let Your Creativity Take Flight. She has appeared on Quilting Arts TV and The Quilt Show and has produced two instructional workshop DVDs with Interweave/F&W.
Portfolio items
Recent blog posts
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
Creative procrastination is a common challenge that many of us…
On heavy thoughts, cleaning and not sleeping
On having heavy thoughts and not being able to sleep.…
Answering questions … bringing clarity
Talking about creating, creativity and what it means. Where do…
Plurality and Heritage
SAQA’s annual conference, “Plurality and Heritage,” will be held online…