About Jennifer

Jennifer Rapacki is a tech-savvy quilter and fiber artist who blends modern technology with traditional techniques. With a background in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA, she launched her career during the PC revolution and developed deep expertise across multiple computer platforms. .

A lifelong sewist, Jennifer began with garment making and later embraced quilting as a creative outlet. In 2008, her two passions merged when she began printing custom fabric at home, sparking a new chapter in her quilting journey. This discovery led to popular lectures and workshops on topics like inkjet fabric printing, digital quilt design, and using modern tools like Electric Quilt, Photoshop Elements, and the Frax app, an iPad app.

Jennifer pointing out the DJ fabric she designed for this quilt

Not everything Jennifer does in quilting involves using a computer tool :-). She teaches non-tech classes: Weave That! Fabric, creating unique fabric using raw edge fabric strips, Tatting, and a new inovative technique, Peekaboo Fabric Reverse Applique, where she adapted a couture button hole technique, the spanish snap buttonhole, to quilt making and designed the acrylic Peekaboo Fabric Tools™.

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Publications

September 2017	Fractal That! Make beautiful fabric designs on an iPhone or iPad American Quilter, page 40
Feb/Mar 2017	Color Change Binding Quilting Arts Magazine, page 38
October 2013	Unleash the Possibilities, The Quilt Life Magazine, page 54. Advantages of and advice for using a computer for quilt design.
Aug/Sep 2012	Ready, Click, Print! A Comparison of Prepared Inkjet Fabric Sheets Quilting Arts Magazine, page 78

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Juried Shows

Sep 1 - Dec 17, 2022	*Seeing in Color, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange,TX. Color My World*
Apr 18 - Jul 16, 2022	EVOLUTIONS 2022 Looking Back—Moving Forward. Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO. Cosmic Swirl The exhibit will display quilters and fiber artists in celebration of their personal journey in the quilting arts.
May/Jun 2019	Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM. Color My World
September 2017	MQX Quilt Festival - Midwest, Springfield, IL. Cosmic Swirl
September 2017	AQS Fall Show, Paducah, KY. Malibu on Fire
April 2017	AQS Spring Show, Paducah, KY. Very Cellular
October 2016	MQX Quilt Festival - Midwest, Springfield, IL. Springtime at my House
September 2016	Quilt Expo Juried & Judged Quilt Contest, Madison, WI. Grandpa's Rose Garden
Oct/Nov 2015	International Quilt Festival/Houston annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty: Springtime at My House was exhibited in the Miniature Art Quilt category.
January 2015	Road to California, 2015 Showcase: Springtime at my House and Malibu on Fire
Oct/Nov 2013	International Quilt Festival/Houston annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty: Dogwood Splendor was exhibited in the Miniature Art Quilt category.
October 2013	Pacific International Quilt Festival Juried and Judged Competition, "Indie": Grandpa's Rose Garden
Oct/Nov 2012	International Quilt Festival/Houston annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty: Pixel Pizzazz 1 - Poppies was exhibited in the Miniature Art Quilt category.

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Testimonials

"I just wanted to thank you profusely and let you know how much I (and everybody else) enjoyed the class you taught in King City last Saturday. You made learning the computer programs such a pleasant experience for us and you are an absolutely DELIGHTFUL person with excellent teaching skills. Thanks again and keep up the good work in the quilting world!!!! "

Karen Benedix
Valley Heritage Quilt Guild
King City, CA

"I was a little worried that Jennifer's topic may be too technical for our guild members. Boy was I wrong! She is a great speaker and her slide show + trunk show was really engaging and fun. Everyone in the audience stayed interested and asked tons of questions, especially when she started showing how she created images and transferred designs to fabric on her home printer or by using services such as Spoonflower. I think we all saw the possibilities for incorporating a lot of new ideas into our quilting. I would highly recommend Jennifer to any Guild looking for a speaker who can open new creative doors for their members."

Mary
San Francisco Bay Area

"Thanks for a very good workshop last Saturday for the Westside Quilters. We appreciate all your knowledge and the way you presented the information with great patience."

Roberta Walley
Co-chair Programs
Westside Quilters