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.

Portfolio items

Recent blog posts

My Thread Collections with WonderFil Threads

My Thread Collections with WonderFil Threads

There’s something deeply satisfying about finding just the right thread—the…

Threads across Continents – Then Nantes

Threads across Continents – Then Nantes

I hope you enjoyed the previous post about my time…

Threads across Continents – First Melbourne

Threads across Continents – First Melbourne

I’ve just returned from a whirlwind journey that stitched together…

Kyoto’s Golden Splendor and Quiet Retreats

Kyoto’s Golden Splendor and Quiet Retreats

Kyoto is a city that feels like stepping into a…

Kyoto and a Dream Come True

Kyoto and a Dream Come True

Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan, was a dream. Walking…

The Trip of a Lifetime

The Trip of a Lifetime

Japan has always been a destination that intrigued me—the perfect…

First Impressions of Tokyo

First Impressions of Tokyo

After long hours in the air – broken up by…

Art Evolved: Intertwined

Art Evolved: Intertwined

I have one piece of work at the SAQA and…