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.

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

Paintstiks on fabric - fmq

Online class – Rubbings and Paintstiks on Fabric – September 24 @ 9:00 a.m. MDT

Another great course launched! So excited to be offering this…

rocks appliqued on linen, hand-embroidery running stitch, circles and lines fmq

Online Class – Rocks, Pebbles & Stones, Oh my!

I am happy to announce the first of many online…

Donation for 2020 SAQA - detail

SAQA Benefit Auction

“Circles in Red” is my contribution to SAQA’s 2020 Benefit…

Quilting Arts Podcast

Artist-in-Residence on Quilting Arts Podcast

A couple of weeks ago I had the great honour…

Exciting news: Test fabric has arrived!!!

Exciting news: Test fabric has arrived!!!

I ordered and then waited, and waited and waited a…

deconstructed screen printing, thickened procion dyes

Deconstructed Screen Printing

I love deconstructed screen printing, as the results are always…

Paintstiks on fabric - fmq

Paintstiks on Fabric

Have you ever tried experimenting with Paintstiks? Do you know…

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2020 – 6 months and counting

I haven’t written a blog in a long time ……