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

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The past and the future

“We cannot erase our pasts, however hard we try. Instead…

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The Vulnerability of Must

We continue where we left off – and end the…

Space to Must

Space to Must

We talk this week about Space: space to create, to…

Choosing Must

Choosing Must

Once you discover your Must, your brain’s most primal, protective…

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The Path to Must

Last week, we discussed the origins of Should which are…

Shoulds and Musts – Part II

Shoulds and Musts – Part II

WE explore the origins of Shoulds, which are put on…

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The Crossroads between Should and Must

One of the main messages of the book is this:…

The Quilt Show

The Quilt Show

My experience of taping an episode for the Quilt Show…