Hello and welcome to my web site. My name is Jan Steffen. I am a certified Square in a Square® instructor. I have 2 certifications - basic and diamond. You can tell the certified instructors by our aprons. The top certified is a black apron, mine is black. If you see a master on the apron; it signifies that the instructor has develop a pattern and ahd it published in one of the Square In A Square pattern books.

Square in a Square®, a new technique for rotary cutting and strip piecing that allows quilters to achieve perfect points with improved accuracy, simplicity of construction, and speed. The resulting blocks go together with great ease and lie very flat.  Sound too good to be true?  Trust me, it’s true.

The amazing technique begins with a square piece of fabric, or other shape, to which strips of fabric are attached and then cut with a rotary cutter in a very special way.  The results are entire blocks or parts of blocks quickly and accurately achieved.

To this end, the creator, Jodi Barrows has designed a special ruler called the Square in a Square® Technique Ruler. The theme is a square inside a square, but the variation which Jodi calls “Options” are quite remarkable.  The technique now encompasses 38 Options™. Using these options, you can make half square triangles four at a time and flying geese blocks two at a time, and the resulting points are sharp and easily achieved. The 38 Options provide the quilter with the ability to construct increasingly complex patterns.

My background includes teaching a myriad of classes including Textiles at the Art Institute Online. I have taught sewing, tailoring and quilting to private clients.  I have sewn for forty years. I teach fusible art quilts in Orange County. My latest projects include weaving, Russian  punch needle, felting and embellishment with the Viking Huskystar ER10. I have shown at the San Diego Quilt Show.  I am a member of the Fallbrook Quilt Guild, El Camino Quilt Guild, Southern Cal Council of Quilt Guilds and the American Quilter's Society. I am the Fallbrook Quilt Guild's representative for the Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds and 1st Vice President for the Fallbrook Guild

Please visit my quilt gallery. You will find the photos of the Square in a Square quilts and other art fiber quilts I have created.