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

On Persistence and the patience to let it percolate

On Persistence and the patience to let it percolate

The process I used over quite a few years to…

The Power of “No”

The Power of “No”

The power of the word no and why it’s so…

finland bus

Stay on the bus

The key feature in the Helsinki Bus Station Theory is…

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Happenings in my studio

What is going on in my studio: from stitching to…

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Creativity is a process

Talking about creativity, Sir Isaac Newton and an apple that…

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The Goal is not the point

About goals, goal setting and achieving your goals by taking…

Mountains

Canadian Rockies Quilt Show

I will be in Canmore at the end of September…

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Quilt Canada came and went …

Quilt Canada 2022 in Vancouver. I’ve shared my time there…