Welcome

Jan KrentzWelcome to the world of quilting! I'm a quilt maker, instructor, designer and author. If you share a passion for quilts and beautiful fabrics, you are in the right place!

I offer workshops and presentations featuring basic quiltmaking skills and techniques. Read personal notes from those who have taken my workshops.

Please contact me for specific information about presenting a lecture or workshop for your guild, seminar, conference or shop. Perhaps we will meet at a quilting event in your area! (see the Teaching Schedule).

I invite you to visit my extensive sewing and quilt related sites in the Links section, and bookmark the directory for your own reference.

See my Fussy Cutter 45 Diamond Guide rulers – available in two sizes, and suitable for designs requiring a 45 degree point or diamond shape. A companion set of Quarter and Half diamond rulers are now available for more design options – both ruler sets are featured in the latest books, Quick Star Quilts & Beyond, and Quick Diamond Quilts & Beyond.

The Quilt Show

Join me on The Quilt Show, an online program available world-wide to quilters and quilt afficionados. TQS is the source for up-to-date quilt techniques, interviews, projects and much more! No matter where you live, you're "in the know" and ready for all the latest news — from your favorite arm chair! Watch in the comfort of your own sewing room, wearing your coziest pajamas & slippers, if you wish!  I have been presenting a series of "Quilting Basics" – little mini-lessons with snippets and tips to help you refine YOUR techniques with rotary cutting, rulers and other key tools.

Online interviews! 

Listen to online audio interviews with Jan!  Turn on your speakers, and click the link for Craft Radio Network - click here to listen (interview: March 13, 2008).  Quilting With Rosie Radio – Rosie Gonzalez of Rosie's Calico Cuboard interviews Jan in July 2008; click here.  

HGTV's Simply Quilts Program Archives now online: 

Lone Star Quilts – segment one, two, three
Hunter Star Quilts – segment one, two, three
Diamond Quilts – segment one, two, threePlacemat pattern, print directions

Thanks for visiting – Happy Stitching!             Jan Krentz 


 Quick Diamond Quilts & Beyond

Quick Diamond Quilts & Beyond

The companion book to Quick Star Quilts, here are more exciting Quick Diamond designs!Please click on the book image for ordering information.

Book errata – click for link to pdf files.

 Quick Star Quilts & Beyond

Quick Star Quilts & Beyond

Please click on the book image for ordering information.
Twenty lively, colorful patterns! Quick Star Quilts & Beyond: 20 Dazzling Projects, Classroom-Tested Techniques, Galaxy of Inspiration

 Diamond Quilts & Beyond by Jan Krentz

Diamond Quilts & Beyond by Jan Krentz

Please click on the book image for ordering information.
Monet Water Lily supply list

 Hunter Star Quilts & Beyond by Jan Krentz

Hunter Star Quilts & Beyond by Jan Krentz

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book – errata
Hunter Star Student Galleries
Variable Hunter Star Supply List
Colorwash Hunter Star Supply List
Colorwash Hunter Star fusible foundations

 Lone Star Quilts & Beyond by Jan Krentz

Lone Star Quilts & Beyond by Jan Krentz

Please click the book image for ordering information
book – errata
Lone Star Student Galleries
Summer Salsa Supply List
Spiral Lone Star Supply List
Love that Lone Star Supply List - Basic Lone Star

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