Workshops & Lectures

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Programs – Lectures with Trunk Show

The Great Star Review! 

Historic look at the traditional 8-point star designs, ranging from Lone Stars, Hunter Stars, and the new Diamond Quilts. Combination slide presentation with trunk show of beautiful quilts!

Quilts and Techniques!

Do you wonder HOW those fabulous quilts were made?  This program encompasses quilt images, Jan's construction techniques, and a trunk show of her glorious quilts.

Design Inspiration from Everyday Life

View your world with an artist's eye, and learn practical tips for color, fabric selection and design. Jan shares design inspiration images from ordinary sources – and quilts resulting from the inspiration.

One Woman's Journey

A personal look at Jan's quilting history including a brief view of Jan's grandmother's quilts. The presentation encompasses early work through the present-day quilts!



Colorwash Hunter Star

Using a new product designed specially for Jan's Hunter Star, learn the technique of composing a scene on a fusible foundation that will sew up into a 15" x 15" finished panel. Workshop focus: fabric selection & placement for the artistic design, construction technique, and quilting recommendations.

The fusible foundation is included in the class kit. Additional foundation may be purchased from Jan.

(Skilled beginner to intermediate. One or two-day class.)

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Colorwash Hunter Star

Monet Water Lily Impressionist Quilt

Create an impressionist-style quilt using 45-degree diamonds. Working from a favorite photo of Claude Monet's paintings, students will design a quilt with a painterly approach using a fabric palette. Workshop attendees will share a small number of fabrics, resulting in a richer collection of patterns, prints and colors for each quilt.

Water lily pads, flowers or other details (student's preference) are added to the pieced quilt top with the student's preferred appliqué method and thread work.

(Advanced beginner & above. Two-day class.)

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Monet Water Lily Impressionist Quilt

Diamond Landscapes Quilt

Create an impressionist - style quilt using 45-degree diamonds. Working from your own photo, students will design a quilt with a painterly approach, using a fabric palette. If desired, details are added to the pieced quilt top with various forms of embellishment, appliqué and thread work.

The first day of class is spent cutting and laying out the design. Sewing begins on the 2nd day, and hands-on stitching of the water lily pads, flowers or other elements is introduced. Single-day workshops receive a visual presentation that briefly covers the details of construction and embellishment.

(Advanced beginner & above. Multi-day class.)

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Diamond Landscapes Quilt

Colorwash Diamonds Quilt

Sew a beautifully simple quilt using 45-degree diamonds. Workshop focus will include color placement tips, piecing tips, and quilting suggestions.

Jan will provide online fabric selection guidelines for the students registered for this workshop. If desired, quilters may customize their design following class with decorative details added to the pieced quilt top with various forms of embellishment, appliqué and thread work.

(All skill levels. One or two-day class.)

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 Colorwash Diamonds Quilt

Quick Star Quilt using the Fussy Cutter Diamond Ruler

Create a quick star quilt using fabrics of your choice while learning to sew Y seams. Advance cutting insures farther progress in class.

Purchase of the Fussy Cutter Ruler set required. Quick Star Quilts book purchase is recommended.

Several quilt design options in various sizes are available. Fabric requirements will vary depending upon the size of the project, and whether large scale prints are incorporated.

(Skilled beginner or above. One to two-day class.)

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Quick Star Quilt using the Fussy Cutter Diamond Ruler

Colorwash Lone Star Quilt

Create a stunning colorwash Lone Star quilt with strip piecing. Working with a selection of printed fabrics, create pieced strip-sets. Workshop focus will include Lone Star piecing techniques, pattern layout, simple pattern drafting, blocking diamond units and quilt top assembly tips.

If desired, further decorative details may be added to the pieced quilt top with various forms of embellishment, appliqué and thread work.

(Advanced beginner & above. Two-day class.)

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Colorwash Lone Star Quilt

Love that Lone Star! (Lone Star Basics)

This is the BASIC Lone Star quilt class. Piece a traditional Lone Star design, and update it with corner and border options. This is a great-looking favorite! Focus on rotary cutting, piecing tips, and overall design layout. Pictured (right) is Jan's classic quilt with beautiful Asian fabrics. Two layout options available.

(Adv. Beginner & above. One or two-day class.)

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Love that Lone Star! (Lone Star Basics)

Summer Salsa Lone Star Quilt class

Jan's own Lone Star design, seen in bright, sizzling summer colors is a real favorite. Includes options to personalize your quilt with a variety of designs. Some advanced preparation required to get the most from this class! See the same quilt in a different color family: Double Cappuccino.

(Adv. Beginner & above - Best suited to a 2 or 3-day class due to material covered. This class offered exclusively to guilds and seminars.)

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Summer Salsa Lone Star Quilt class

Remembrance - Feathered Lone Star Quilt class

Jan's own design. This romantic feathered Lone Star features strip cutting, fussy cutting, precision piecing techniques, and foundation piecing.

(Adv. Beginner & above — Best suited to a 2 or 3-day class due to material covered. This class offered exclusively to guilds and seminars.)

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Remembrance - Feathered Lone Star Quilt class

Safari Lone Star Quilt class

This is the BASIC Lone Star class with extra design details.
Jan's sample features a quilt with preprinted pillow panels on each corner. This design is fabulous for ANY decorator-print, scarves, or pillow top designs. Select coordinating fabrics for the central star and outer borders.

(Adv. Beginner & Above. Two-day class)

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Safari Lone Star Quilt class

Spiral Lone Star Quilt Class

An exciting Lone Star design achieved through fabric placement, compass setting squares, and compass corners. Several different techniques covered in this class!

(Adv. Beginner & above - Best suited to a 3-day (or longer) class due to material covered. This class offered exclusively to guilds and seminars.) Online Supply List

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Spiral Lone Star Quilt Class

Hunter Star – Asymmetric design layout

Create an asymmetric design with a wide range of printed fabrics. The model quilt, Out of Africa, measures 70" x 80" and features a collection of African fabrics. Optional changes in block size or numbers of blocks will increase or decrease the quilt size as desired.

One-day workshop, Skilled Beginner and above. 

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Hunter Star – Asymmetric design layout

Hunter Star – Variable Hunter Star

Create a terrific quilt design from your favorite fabrics, incorporating an 8-pointed star where the block corners meet. Strip piecing methods used. See all 3 colorations of the Hunter Star in Jan's Workshop Quilt Gallery.

(Skilled Beginner & above. One or two-day class.)

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Hunter Star – Variable Hunter Star

Quick Open Star - square-on-point center

Geisha Garden Open Star variation with square setting – Jan Krentz – 2007 – 57'' x 57'' before quilting. Quilting by Janet Studevant Stuart. This Open Star design features fussy-cut diamonds from a large-scale specialty fabric with the 6 1/2" fast2cut Fussy cutter 45° fussy cutter ruler. Large prints are more attractive when set-in setting squares and triangles are undisturbed by extra seams.

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Quick Open Star - square-on-point center

Quick Broken Star Design Workshop

Based upon Jan's newest book, design your own Broken Star quilt! Incorporate large scale prints, or create a Split Broken Star! Learn Y-seams or assemble with a Y-seam-free method! This is a brand new workshop, and the details will be updated as Jan finalizes the supply list and photos. 

(Skilled Beginner & above. One or two-day class.)

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Quick Broken Star Design Workshop

Rainbow Split Broken Star

This is a brand new workshop, featured as a pattern in Quick Star Quilts & Beyond. 

Two-day workshop with pre-sewing preparation. Supply list.

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Rainbow Split Broken Star

Quick Broken Star - without Y seams

Sew this beauty with the ease of straight piecing, and no "Y" seams! Suitable for a 1-2 day workshop. Select several coordinating fabrics for the diamonds, background and borders.

(Skilled Beginner & above. One or two-day class.)

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Quick Broken Star - without Y seams

Quick Rolling Star

Create a great quilt from Jan's book, Quick Star Quilts & Beyond! This design features 16 diamonds cut from a striped batik fabric, with a bias-cut border from the same batik. Yes, of course you can change the fabrics to customize your quilt design!

One-day workshop; skill level: skilled beginner or above

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Quick Rolling Star