Ana Buzzalino is a fiber artist and quilt instructor living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She has taken numerous workshops with renowned quilt and fiber artists throughout the years to improve her skills. Some of the workshops have been with Hollis Chatelain, Laura Cater Woods, Katie Pasquini Massopoust, and Elizabeth Barton among others. She has also attended various classes at the Alberta College of Arts and Design.

Ana has been a teacher on a variety of quilting techniques for the past 22 years. Some of the recent workshops have been on Machine Quilting with focus on free-motion quilting, and New York Beauties Blocks quilts, which is one of her interests. Her present focus is on Art Quilts, incorporating different elements for surface texture.

Ana's quilts have won several awards at local and national shows, and have been juried into major International shows.

"The Blue Door"
Juried into the Grand National Quilt Show - Kitchener, Ontario

"On the Wings of a Dream"
First Place - Bernina Great Canadian Quilt and Fiber Arts Challenge - Traditional Design

"The Blue Door"
First Place - Bernina Great Canadian Quilt and Fiber Arts Challenge - Wall Hanging - Innovative Design

"The Shell Seekers"
Finalist - Miniature Art Quilt - IQA Show - Houston

"Two Pears"
Winner Quilting Arts Calendar 2010 Challenge - January

"Calla Lillies"
Finalist - Quilting Arts Calendar 2010 Challenge

"Dawn over Heritage Park"
Best of Canada - World Quilt Show

"On the Wings of a Dream"
Finalist - World Quilt Show

"On the Wings of a Dream"
Finalist - AQS Show, Paducah, KY

"On the Wings of a Dream"
Finalist - IQA Show, Houston

"On the Wings of a Dream"
1st Place - Western Showcase - Calgary Stampede

"Stars over Kananaskis"
Excellence for Traditional Large Wall Quilt - CQA/ACC

"In a New York State of Mind"
Finalist - CQA/ACC

Numerous other awards at local shows

"Off the Page: Sketchbook Keeping for Textile Artists" - Quilting Arts Magazine - Holiday 11/12
Quilting Arts TV Series 900 - 3 segments
"The Big Decision - How to quilt your quilt" - International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene 2011
Quilting Arts Workshop DVD "Machine Stitching and Painting Quilts"
"A Quilter's Christmas" - Quilting Arts Gifts Magazine - Holiday 2011/2012
Quilting Arts TV: Series 800 - 3 Segments
"Fresh Tulips Book Cover" - Summer 2011 - A Needle Pulling Thread
101 Patchwork Projects - "Strippy Book Cover" - Spring 2011

"Quilted and Painted Canvases" - Quilting Arts Magazine - December/January - Article & Cover
"Sopa Rosita" - Quilting Arts Magazine - October/November - Calendar Challenge 2011, Judge's Choice
"Creative Play with Discharge Paste" - Quilting Arts Magazine - August/September - Article & Cover

"Two Pears" - January - Quilting Arts Calendar

"On the Wings of a Dream" - Cover of AQS Magazine - February/March
"Moments" - Journal Quilt - Quilting Arts Magazine - February/March

Calgary Herald - "Blockbuster of a Quilt" - Neighbors Section - North & South Editions, December 6-12

Calgary Herald - "Wrapped Up" - Neighbors Section - North & South Editions, August 3-9

Trunk Show - Quilting in the Trees - Pearson College - Victoria, BC
Trunk Show - The Piecemakers - Calgary, AB

Featured Speaker Heritage Park Festival of Quilts

CQA/ACC : Canadian Quilters Association / Association Canadienne de la Counterpointe
http://www.canadianquilter.com/

SAQA : Studio Art Quilt Associates
http://www.saqa.com/

IQA : International Quilt Association
http://www.quilts.org/

AQS : American Quilt Society
http://www.americanquilter.com/

APNQ : Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters
http://www.apnq.org/

SDA : Surface Design Association
http://www.surfacedesign.org/

The Flying Needle Quilt Guild - Millarville, Alberta
Quilters without Borders - Calgary, Alberta
At the Edge - Calgary, Alberta