Welcome to Ann Quilts

My work as a quiltmaker includes teaching and lecturing, repairing antique quilts, and creating unique art quilts. My background in anthropology leads me to enjoy both the social history of quilts and quiltmaking as well as the creative process of expression in my own work.

I have been self-employed as a quilter since 1980. This has included lectures at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Textile Arts Centre and the Field Museum in Chicago, and many quilt guilds and historical societies. I have taught through quilt shops and been employed at an antique quilt gallery. I accept corporate and private commissions as well as antique quilt repair work.

I am a founding member of FACET, an invitational group of professional quilt artists. My quilts have been exhibited throughout the country in juried and invitational exhibitions. They also have appeared in several quilt and fiber publications, including "Patchwork Quilt Senka" in Japan, "Connecting Stitches: Quilts in Illinois Life", and the covers of the journal of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine.