A  white woman with shoulder length wavy grey hair and purple eyeglasses is resting her chin on her hand, which is on the back of a chair where quilt top in shades of green is draped.

Who is Common Loon Quilts?

Anna Schmidt is a Canadian artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, working in the medium of quilt-making. Her approach ranges from traditional quilting to “let’s play around and see what happens!” She has a particular love for improvisational design and scrap quilting and is committed to exploring ways of making quilting accessible to all and sustainable for the environment.  “There are no rules. Just techniques.”