Creative & Designer

Ana Buzzalino is a textile artist and surface designer whose work explores colour, texture, memory, and the stories materials hold. Combining her own hand-dyed fabrics with vintage linens, lace, and other found textiles, she creates art quilts and slow-stitched textile books that celebrate the beauty of materials, the passage of time, and the art of making by hand.

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Workshops & Lectures

Ana has been teaching quilting and textile arts since 1986. Today, her workshops and lectures focus on hand stitching, art quilting, surface design, monoprinting, fabric dyeing, and mixed-media explorations. Through hands-on classes and engaging presentations, she encourages participants to experiment with materials, explore new possibilities, and develop their own creative voice.

Writer & Author

Ana Buzzalino is a frequent contributor to Quilting Arts Magazine and A Needle Pulling Thread. Her work has also been featured in American Quilter’s Society Magazine, Modern Patchwork, 101 Patchwork Projects, Quilt Scene, and Stitched Journeys with Birds: Inspiration to Let Your Creativity Take Flight. She has appeared on Quilting Arts TV and The Quilt Show and has produced two instructional workshop DVDs with Interweave/F&W.

Recent blog posts

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To England and Back

After a 10-year absence, I finally made it back to…

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Bringing Stitched Art to Life

Painting, Layering, and Embracing Happy Accidents In Ruth Norbury’s workshop,…

Building on Ideas

Building on Ideas

Last week, I shared a glimpse of the stitching I’ve…

Between Bursts: Creativity in the Quiet Moments

Between Bursts: Creativity in the Quiet Moments

Since returning from a.ll the travel, teaching at Stitches Conference…

Full Heart, Tired Feet, and a Head Full of Ideas

Full Heart, Tired Feet, and a Head Full of Ideas

I’ve just returned from Quilt Canada, and I’m still riding…

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Looking Ahead to Quilt Canada

It’s that time of year again—Quilt Canada is just around…

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Back Home – For a Moment …

After several weeks on the road, I’m finally back home…

Putting Down Roots by Cheryl Whitten - Designed by Tilda - 1st Place Judge's Choice

A Visit to the Central Alberta Quilt Show

After quite a few years, I finally returned to the…