About Us

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 had it published in one of the Square In A Square pattern books.

My background includes teaching a myriad of classes including Textiles at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. 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, Southern Cal Council of Quilt Guilds and the American Quilter's Society. I am the Southern Cal Council of Quilt Guilds Membership Chair and the webmistress.

I have my blog below - Fiber Passions. See my list of classes.