Jan Greenwell
Richland, Washington

Hi, I'm Jan.

Still making “stuff” after all these years!

I've been working with my hands for nearly fifty years. It was clay first, then quilts, then glass beads. This is where I keep it all, for family, friends and my guild pals.

See my quilts
Jan at her long-arm quilting machine
Crown of Thorns, detail
At the long-arm quilting since 1992

Three crafts, one pair of hands

Clematis in Sweden

Quilts

1992 – now

Curved seams, hand-dyed fabric and a whole lot of free-motion quilting.
Edward Scissorsfish

Beads

2002 – now

Peyote, brick stitch and bead embroidery. The small stuff, one bead at a time.
Iris Candle Lanterns

Pottery

1977 – 1997

Twenty years of stoneware, and my own shop at Appleseed Gallery.
Most recent

Fresh off the long-arm

The latest three big quilts, all pieced and quilted here in the studio.

All quilts
Crown of Thorns
Crown of Thorns72 × 72 in · 2013
Metro Waves
Metro Waves52 × 75 in · 2013
Scraps Aplenty
Scraps Aplenty90 × 90 in · 2013
Free-motion quilting on the Innova long-arm
The studio

My Innova long-arm

Most of the quilting you'll see here was done free-motion on the long-arm. Come see how a pieced top becomes a finished quilt.

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