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.

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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.

Available Workshops

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

Checkerboard vases is a piece created by painting with thickened dyes in different reds an image of 5 vessels in different sizes overlapped creating a checkerboard
Art Quilts

Checkerboard Vases

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an image of pink peony a long and skinny art piece featuring a pink peony with painted fabrics and free motion quilting designs
Art Quilts

Pink Peony

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The Barn on the Highway to There
Art Quilts

The Barn on the Highway to There

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an image showing a textile piece with a half circle - red - at the bottom on which a black half moon is balanced. a red circle perches in the center and at the top point. a black circle is at the bottom. small squares of red and black complete the image on a grunge off white background
Art Quilts

Sketch #116

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a detail of the lettering done with a needle nose bottle in several colours overlapping and then dark large letters were stamped on gray forming the shape of the grain elevator
Grain Elevators

Where Time and Intention Intersect

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a view of a city of buildings with birds perched on top and flying. it is all orange in different textures
Art Quilts

From the Rooftops of the City where I Live

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Checkerboard vases is a piece created by painting with thickened dyes in different reds an image of 5 vessels in different sizes overlapped creating a checkerboard
Vessels and Vases

Checkerboard Vases

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a detail photo of the paper lamination and the slashes of paint created with a credit card
Grain Elevators

The Prairies Changing Landscape

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Recent blog posts

image of four appliquéd rocks on a yellow linen background

The Evolving Nature of Completion

In 2023, I completed Mind Wanderings Over Tumbling Rocks, a…

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a view of an elegant tea table with tiny quiche and sandwiches, scones, teapots and vintage tea cups.

Another week means a few more stitches

In between the usual comings and goings, I feel that…

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Detail of Vase no 2 showing the top part of the vessel and all borders

It’s OK to Just Stitch and Rest

Lately, it feels like all I’ve done is stitch and…

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an image showing a detail of the month of January in stitch - 31 days for the Stitch Journal inspired by Karen Turner of the UK

Wow! January is done … Already?

Can you believe the first month of the year is…

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detail of the vase and its decoration with some of the stitching

Being Inspired with Stitch and Print

As a member of the TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, I always…

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a view of a paper lamination using pieces of newspaper and thermofax screens one of them from a door at the Tower of London

Who Am I to You?

Reflections on Teaching, Creating, and Leaving a Mark January is…

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an image showing a template drawn on a piece of vintage linen with a ball of variegated thread on top

Stitching into the New Year

As we step into 2025, I find myself drawn –…

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Happy New year

Welcoming 2025 with Open Arms

As 2024 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting…

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