About Me
Hello, and welcome to Jan’s BeachSide Quilts.
I'm Jan Devitto, owner and quilter here at Jan’s Beachside Quilts. My studio is located within my beachside home in Flagler Beach, Florida where I live with my husband Chris and our dog Tucker. I have been quilting for myself for over 20 years and longarm quilting professionally for others over 5 years. I attended my first big quilt show in February 2016 and the surface quilting just blew me away. I was not leaving that show without a longarm. I grabbed the handlebars of a Handi Quilter Fusion and she, her name is Shelly, came home with me. I have been very blessed with this god given talent and love to share it with my clients. It is amazing how thread and a talented longarmer can make a simple pieced top into an award winning quilt
Did I know what I was doing when my longarm was delivered?
Nope..I just started quilting and playing with the computer. I took on my first client computerized all over design two weeks after delivery and my first freemotion custom within a month. This has been an amazing journey for me..winning several awards for my clients at very large quilt shows...including the very show, AQS Quiltweek Daytona Beach, where I purchased my longarm and drooled over the amazing quilting. My client was a winner and my longarm quilting recognized by some of the top judges in the quilting world.
My clients are not only clients but have become good friends from here in Florida all the way up north to the Carolinas, New Jersey and New York..they are the best and I am very blessed to have them in my life. I hope to add you to the Jans Beach Side Quilts family and look forward to providing you top quality computerized quilting and my original style of custom freemotion quilting for your next show quilt.
It’s my mission to provide quilters with quality and creativity.
Every single stitch is made by me, not someone I outsource the work to, and it’s always based on the vision that my clients have for their piece. In addition to the thousands of designs that my machines have, the possibilities of my imagination is endless!
AWARD WINNING QUILTER
Quilts by the River 2018
Sea Holly – 1st Place
Pieced by Janis DeVitto
Quilted by Janis DeVitto
QuiltFest Jax 2019
Flower Dance – 1st Place
Pieced by Jo Ann Eurell
Quilted by Janis DeVitto
AQS Quiltweek Daytona Beach 2020
Flower Dance – 2nd Place
Pieced by Jo Ann Eurell
Quilted by Janis DeVitto
Quilts by the River 2020
Starts in My Cabin – 2nd Place
Pieced by Marilyn Roberts
Quilted by Janis DeVitto
Catitude – Honorable Mention
Pieced by Marilyn Roberts
Quilted by Janis DeVitto
Hop, Skip and a Swim – 2nd Place
Pieced by Betsy Harmon
Quilted by Janis DeVitto
The MACHINES
All my quilting is done on the Handi Quilter Fusion and Forte both with Pro-Stitcher. Custom and show quilting will always be freemotion hand guided quilting and designed by me to work perfectly with your pieced top.
THE MASCOT
THIS IS TUCKER!
Tucker is our chocolate labrador retriever. When he’s not swimming, body surfing, and riding around in our golf cart, he’s taking naps or guarding my studio.