Quilters Meet and Greet is an opportunity to get to know quilters, pattern designers, and bloggers who share our love of fabric and all things quilty. Visit Quilters Meet and Greet throughout September for the links to all the participants, and for a chance to win the Great Grand Prize.
So, let me share a bit about myself.
I've been interested in fabric and sewing all my life, and like many quilters today, I started making doll clothes as a very young child. From age 8, my ambition was to become a fashion designer. I attended Stephens College in Columbia Missouri, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design.
I worked professionally in apparel, textiles, and footwear product development for over 35 years. My jobs have included pattern making, designing apparel, color and trend research, technical color approval, and color and material library management.
A quilter since the early 1990’s, I'm mostly self-taught, drawing on my sewing and professional experience to figure out patterns and piecing. Now retired, I'm focusing on quilting as a new chapter in my life. In 2015, my book Cut and Shuffle Quilts was published by AQS. I design patterns, blog, give trunk shows and workshops to guilds, and teach my Cut and Shuffle method.
Benita asked us to share our favorite quilt. As I was looking through photos of my quilts, I couldn't find just one that's my favorite, so I decided to share my readers' favorite. This is Broken Chevron. It's my best selling pattern* and it gets the most attention on Pinterest.
Broken Chevron
But I couldn't resist sharing a few other favorites:
Dr. Seuss's Pickle Dish, April 2019
Charmed Snowballs, Fall 2013
Seasonal Migration,
July 2017, 78" x 90"
Loop in Motion
Pieced, 2006, 60 x 60
Dancing Plus,
June 2016, 60" x 75"
Heat Wave, 2014, 60" x 72"
from Cut and Shuffle Quilts (now out of print)
Celtic Lullaby, 2011, 96 x 96
pieced and hand embroidered
* Check out patterns and free tutorials in the tabs below my blog header. If you're interested in a pattern, send me an email at ochterbeckj@gmail.com.
Don't forget the giveaway! Visit all the other quilters participating in the meet and greet, and enter to win the Great Grand Prize. More info about the prize can be found here. Thanks to all the great sponsors. Click on the image below to take you to the entry.
Wonderful post - but you forgot to tell readers that you are a kind and lovely person as well as all the rest.
ReplyDeleteI love that pickle dish quilt
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to get to know more about yoU!!
ReplyDeleteOh my, so many wonderful quilts! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLovely all of them!
ReplyDeleteYes, all gorgeous works. Interesting career you have had.
ReplyDeleteI really like all these quilts.
ReplyDeleteLove your dancing plus quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love that Pickle Dish.
ReplyDeleteI really love your snowball quilt and thanks for the tutorial!! Also the Celtic Charm is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of beautiful quilts!
ReplyDeleteThese are crazy beautiful quilts. I cannot pick my favourite, but will say that the loopy one with the dark background really catches my eye. Hope you are having fun on this blog Hop n
ReplyDeleteJan, your Broken Chevron quilt and Dr. Seuss's Pickle Dish are really eye catching!!!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed seeing so many of your gorgeous quilts again, Jan! And it's always nice to learn a little more about you :)
ReplyDeleteQuilting on black is VERY effective, love the look !
ReplyDeleteYou have some really beautiful quilts here Jan. i can see why the Broken Chevron is so popular but I also really like that loop.
ReplyDeleteAll quilts are beautiful, but my favorite is the celtic in the neutrals. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteNice to visit your blog again (I tune in on the Monday link ups.) Your designs are so cheerful!
ReplyDeleteI have been following your blog for some time and enjoy very much seeing what you create. We are kindred spirits as I also went to college for clothing design at Fontbonne College and we are both St. Louis makers.
ReplyDeleteLovely works! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilts, thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCeltic Lullaby is my favorite of your favorites. All of your work is wonderful. Thanks for sharing these with us.
ReplyDeleteI love your Seasonal Migration quilt SEW much!! Well, that one and the Goodnight, Darlene! quilt that you made from Kevin's pattern. Thanks for sharing with the Meet and Greet, Jan!
ReplyDeleteSure glad we didn't have to pick a favorite! :) Love them ALL! Was greet meeting you here & thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteLovely quilts! An old follower ;)
ReplyDeleteWonderful selection and variety. Love Loop in motion and Broken Chevron.
ReplyDeleteI scrolled through your gallery and found that beautiful wall hanging on the door of your Christmas tree. Do you have a pattern for Celtic Lullaby? I see this was a very special quilt,so maybe the pattern is kept in the family. Meet and Greet is a super event, as we meet new friends and visit older ones all over again.
ReplyDeleteWow Jan! What a glorious bunch of eye candy you've provided here! I did not know you had written a book. I am in awe. Think you're going to have a new email subscriber!
ReplyDeleteYour quilts featured here are simply gorgeous! So unique, too. Inspiring to look at, for sure. I am Jayne from the Meet and Greet, and am just now getting around to visiting all the other participants. Isn't it great meeting so many talented quilters?
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