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

Do we take risks?

Do we take risks?

I was taping a video on perfection early last week,…

Two new classes coming up

Two new classes coming up

Two new classes coming up: “Monoprinting: from basics to sophistication”…

The importance of playtime

The importance of playtime

How does play influence our art? In life, it seems…

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Time passes surprisingly quickly

Did you know that the world’s most precise clocks run…

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Thinking back … a lot of years back

Talking about old career choices, archaeology, and childhood.

After a super busy weekend …

After a super busy weekend …

Some new classes coming up and where I’ll be in…

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Musings from my Studio

A few musings from my studio to keep you posted…

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Arranging and rearranging

Arranging and rearranging the studio seems to be a constant…