Having grown up in a creative home, Anna Maria earned an honors BFA in Drawing from the University of Tennessee in 1995 before opening a small clothing shop with her mother the same year. Designing and sewing a clothing label while managing a shop primed her for a career in textiles and small business. Since her first fabric collection debuted in 2005, she has designed hundreds of illustrative prints that have inspired crafters and quilters around the globe. Sharing her distinctive quilt making process has taken her all over the world to teach and lecture. Anna Maria has authored four books and publishes an ongoing collection of sewing, quilting and needlework patterns. She brings a broad set of experiences from the creative business world to the role of design director for her namesake brand, Anna Maria Textiles. Her passion and energy for art, craft and quilt making is evident in all of her work. She lives with her husband and family between Franklin, Tennessee and Sydney, Australia.