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.

Portfolio items

Recent blog posts

A blue gate

The story behind the white and blue

The story behind the iconic white and blue colours of…

view of the Mykonos windmills

A few of my favourite things

The island of Mykonos and the iconic windmills. Today, some…

rubbings in London

Exploring rubbings

Using rubbings with Paintstiks and wax crayons to create memories…

ceramic jug with flowers

On keeping a Travel Journal

On keeping a travel journal. A few ideas to make…

souvenir shop

Creativity while Travelling

Read on to find a few ideas on how to…

2 clay pots

Still working on a series

Good morning everyone. I hope everyone enjoyed the series of…

On Working in a Series VII

On Working in a Series VII

This is the last post in Working in a Series…

black and white collagraph on gelli plate with texture added

Working in a Series VI

In this instalment of Working in a Series we explore…