About the Artist:
I have always been interested in a variety of arts. I have been airbrushing since 1993, screenprinting & embroidering since 1997, and quilting since 1999. I have to admit that since discovering fiber arts, I have had a hard time focusing on other artwork. I just feel that I have to make "stuff" every day. That may take the form of quilting, or dyeing fabric or fibers, knitting some socks or mittens, digitizing patterns, or designing new patterns. I just have to make something every day.
My business Digi-Tech ( www.digitechpatterns.com) has grown considerably since I started out.
I now offer complete design services, screenprinting & embroidery for corporate & institutions, as well as individuals. I also provide custom longarm quilting services & over the last year I have added the Digi-Tech website where we provide downloadable quilting & embroidery patterns for computerized & handguided quilting machines, as well as hand quilters, along with machine embroidery formats available on many of the designs. My husband & I provide custom digitizing services for both quilting & embroidery designs. I have also begun to add many of the dyeing & dye-painting products that I use in class/workshops to the website along with my hand dyed fabrics, yarns, & rovings.
Thank you for taking the time to look. Jessica
Sunset Rose is one of my past works, I painted it in 2003. I dye painted it using my airbrush, then used some of my husband, John's hand dyed fabrics for the leaves. It is heavily machine quilted with my longarm machine. Exhibited at MQS -2003, Dunn County Fair 2003, Innovations 2004, & Road to CA 2005.
Jessica will be teaching several Fabric Dyeing, Dye-Painting, & Quilting Classes at events throughout 2007
January & February 2008
Jessica will be taking private students & small groups reservations for custom
classes at Her studio in the Chippewa Valley, in Northern Wisconsin.
April 14-16 2008
Teaching at Machine Quilter's Exposition in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Classes include: Dye by # , Painted Wholecloth, Dowloading Do's & Don'ts,
& Digitizing 101 & Beyond
May 12-16, 2008
Teaching at Machine Quilter's Showcase
Overland Park, Kansas
June & July 2008
Jessica will be taking private students & small groups reservations for custom classes
in Her Studio or at your location.
Tenative: August 2008
Teaching, Quilting on the Waterfront
Duluth, MN
Check back for spefic dates
To see a listing of the classes that Jessica teaches, click on this link.
If your intrested in Jessica teaching in your guild, shop, or retreat please email jessica@jschick.com for more information. Thank you.
Man-made Stars (Right) is John's 1st quilt finished last spring, He dyed all the fabrics and then machine appliqued the pieces, and longarm quilted it. This quilt had been raffled off (June 2005) to help fund a building for the Altoona School District's Tennis Program.
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