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.

AWAITS AN OLD BARN

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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

image of four appliquéd rocks on a yellow linen background

The Evolving Nature of Completion

In 2023, I completed Mind Wanderings Over Tumbling Rocks, a…

a view of an elegant tea table with tiny quiche and sandwiches, scones, teapots and vintage tea cups.

Another week means a few more stitches

In between the usual comings and goings, I feel that…

Detail of Vase no 2 showing the top part of the vessel and all borders

It’s OK to Just Stitch and Rest

Lately, it feels like all I’ve done is stitch and…

an image showing a detail of the month of January in stitch - 31 days for the Stitch Journal inspired by Karen Turner of the UK

Wow! January is done … Already?

Can you believe the first month of the year is…

detail of the vase and its decoration with some of the stitching

Being Inspired with Stitch and Print

As a member of the TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, I always…

a view of a paper lamination using pieces of newspaper and thermofax screens one of them from a door at the Tower of London

Who Am I to You?

Reflections on Teaching, Creating, and Leaving a Mark January is…

an image showing a template drawn on a piece of vintage linen with a ball of variegated thread on top

Stitching into the New Year

As we step into 2025, I find myself drawn –…

Happy New year

Welcoming 2025 with Open Arms

As 2024 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting…