CONNIE HESTER: fiber collage artist and tailored fashion knitwear designer, ...    

... author of quilting books, designer of patterns for wearable art clothing and accessories, and designer of patterns for hand knit clothing and accessories

Stranded Jacquard Coat Pattern by Connie Hester

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Stranded
Jacquard Coat Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Stranded Jacquard Coat Pattern 2 by Connie Hester Basic Pullover Pattern by Connie Hester

Basic Pullover Pattern
Sizes 36 1/2" - 62"

Stranded Knit Vest by Connie Hester

Stranded Knit Vest Pattern
Sizes 37" - 60"

Stranded Knit Vest 2 by Connie Hester Sleeveless Fine Weight Top Pattern by Connie Hester

Sleeveless Fine
Weight Top Pattern

Sizes 33 3/4" - 60 1/2"

Striped Shirt Long Sleeves by Connie Hester

Striped Shirt
Long Sleeves Pattern

Sizes 36 1/2" - 62"

Easy Shawl Collar Cardigan Pattern by Connie Hester

Easy Shawl Collar
Cardigan Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Knit TShirt Long Sleeves by Connie Hester

Knit TShirt Long Sleeves
Pattern

Sizes 36 1/2" - 62"

Sleeveless Eyelet Tank by Connie Hester

Sleeveless Eyelet Tank
Pattern

Sizes 33 3/4" - 60 1/2"

Knit Tank Top by Connie Hester

Knit Tank Top
Pattern

Sizes 35 1/2" - 60"

Shawl Collar Peplum Cardigan by Connie Hester

Shawl Collar
Peplum Cardigan Pattern

Sizes 34 1/2" - 61"

Shawl Collar Peplum Cardigan in Teal by Connie Hester
Beaded Knit Top by Connie Hester


Beaded Knit Top Pattern
with Beading Tutorial

Sizes 33 1/2" - 60"

Beaded Knit Top 2 by Connie Hester Tunic with Insert by Connie Hester


Tunic with Insert
Pattern

Sizes 35 1/2" - 60"

Peplum Jacket Pattern with Border Trim and Double-Knit Collar by Connie Hester

Peplum Jacket Pattern
with Border Trim and
Double-Knit Collar

Sizes 35" - 61"

Stranded Shawl Collar Jacket by Connie Hester

Stranded Shawl Collar
Jacket Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Basic Worsted Cardigan by Connie Hester

Basic Worsted
Cardigan Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Tee Top - Tucked Yoke Pattern by Connie Hester

Tee Top -
Tucked Yoke Pattern

Sizes 36" - 60"

Openwork Knit Jacket by Connie Hester

Openwork Knit Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 36" - 61"

Openwork Knit Jacket Pattern Bolero by Connie Hester Jacket with Eyelet Tucks Pattern by Connie Hester

Jacket with Eyelet Tucks
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Simple Basic Cardigan by Connie Hester

Simple Basic Cardigan
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Simple Basic Cardigan 3 by Connie Hester Flirty Business Jacket by Connie Hester

Flirty Business Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Flirty Business Jacket with Buttons by Connie Hester
Hemmed Peplum Jacket with Double-Knit Collar by Connie Hester

Hemmed Peplum Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"
(worsted wt)

Knit Peplum Cardigan with Double-Knit Collar by Connie Hester

Knit Peplum Cardigan
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"
(fingering/sock wt)

Damask Knit Coat by Connie Hester

Damask Knit Coat
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Knit T-Shirt Top by Connie Hester

Knit T-Shirt
Top Pattern

Sizes 36" - 60"

Beaded Knit Jacket with Chanel Collar by Connie Hester

Beaded Knit Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Bulky Knit Coat with Shawl Collar by Connie Hester

Bulky Knit Coat
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Stranded Colorwork Jacket, Version B by Connie Hester

Stranded Colorwork Jacket
Pattern, Version B

Sizes 35" - 61"

Stranded Colorwork Jacket by Connie Hester

Stranded Colorwork Jacket
Pattern, Version A

Sizes 35" - 61"

Lapel Collar Knit Jacket with Back Pleat by Connie Hester

Lapel Collar Knit Jacket
with Back Pleat Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Picot Hemmed Tank by Connie Hester

Picot Hemmed Tank
Pattern

Sizes 34" - 60"

Picot Hemmed Tank by Connie Hester
Stranded Knit Jacket with Chanel Collar by Connie Hester

Stranded Knit Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Jacquard Knit Jacket with Chanel Collar by Connie Hester

Jacquard Knit Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Knit Short Jacket with Lapel Collar and Short Sleeves by Connie Hester

Knit Short Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 38" - 61"

Even Lighter-Weight Knit Short Jacket with Lapel Collar and Short Sleeves by Connie Hester Knit Vertical Dart 4 for Bust Shaping by Connie Hester

Knitting Bust Darts

Knit Short Rows for Bust Shaping by Connie Hester
Knit Butterfly Eyelet Sock by Connie Hester

Knit Eyelet Socks
Patterns

Knit Daisy Eyelet Sock 4 by Connie Hester Hand Knit Socks Pattern with Intarsia-Knit Black and White Checkerboard Cuff and Contrasting Heel by Connie Hester

Sock Pattern

Knit Hemmed Jacket by Connie Hester

Knit Hemmed Jacket
Pattern

Sizes 35" - 61"

Knit Hemmed Jacket 2 by Connie Hester Knit Eyelet Shirt by Connie Hester

Knit Eyelet Shirt
Pattern

Sizes 37 1/2" - 60"

Green Knit Fabric Strips Purse by Connie Hester

Knit with Fabric - Purses

Hand Knit Dress by Connie Hester

Hand Knit Dress
Pattern

Sizes 37 1/2", 41 1/2", 45"

Hand Knit Lace Sock 3 by Connie Hester

Hand Knit Socks
Pattern

Sleeveless Top with Intarsia Lace Inserts by Connie Hester

Sleeveless Top with
Intarsia Lace Inserts Pattern

Sizes 36 1/2" - 61"

Knit Hemmed Vest by Connie Hester

Knit Hemmed Vest
Pattern

Sizes 37" - 60"

Santa Bottle Topper by Connie Hester

Santa Bottle Topper
Pattern

Tennis Footie Socks by Connie Hester

Tennis Footie Socks
Pattern

Eyelet Footies by Connie Hester

Eyelet Footies
Pattern

Texas OriginalChosen in December 2005 by the Texas Commission on the Arts as one of 30 artists for a pilot program, "Texas Original", to promote Texas artists working in all media. In December 2006, selected to continue in the Texas Original program with a total of 38 Texas artists.

Connie Hester is an award-winning fiber collage artist, a designer of tailored fashion knitwear, sewn clothing, and quilt patterns, an author of quilting books, and an instructor. Among others, from 1983 to 2012 her fiber collage art pieces have appeared and won awards in:
"Art Quilts: Elements", Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary, NC;Hester
"Current Works 2003: A National Competition", Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC;
"Art Quilts VII: Caught In The Act", Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ;
"10th Annual Art Quilt Exhibit", Aullwood Audubon Center & Farms, Dayton, OH;
"Small Works All-Media Invitational 2001, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE;
"A Common Thread" Juried Fiber Arts Exhibition, The Art Center School and Galleries, Mechanicsburg, PA;
Houston's International Quilt Festivals;
Paducah's American Quilter's Society international shows;
Texas' Sesquicentennial Quilt Association's "Great Texas Quilt Round-Up" & tour;
"Contemporary Texas Quilts", Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX;
"International Quilt Exhibit", San Diego, CA;
Pacific International Quilt Festival;
Germany's Quilt Expo IV;
AMERICAN QUILTER magazine;
QUILTER'S NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE;
LONE STARS II (Texas Quilts 1936 - 1986) and Lone Stars III (Texas Quilts 1986 - 2011), by Bresenhan & Puentes;
SIMPLY SENSATIONAL BAGS, by McGehee;
QUILT magazine;
and had the only quilted fiber piece juried into the original ACI all-art media Virtual Reality Art Exhibit on CD-ROM to tour museums, galleries, and educational institutions worldwide. She taught workshops for several years as part of the annual prestigious International Quilt Festival faculties in Houston.

Hester has been a professional fiber collage artist since 1980 and has been designing wearable art clothing for over 60 years, creating patterns for fashionable clothing and accessories for the public since 1981. She created SPEED GRIDS, for speed-piecing triangle-blocks, in 1989, and wrote WINNING WAYS To Make Quilts in 1992. Her book, IMPROVISATIONAL DESIGN IN QUILTS using paper foundations, 1998, remains the only book of its kind to help others break into improvisational design in quilts with tangible tools while retaining an orderly substructure of squares and rectangles. Her collection of tailored designer knitwear patterns reflects over 50 years of experience creating original patterns for fashionable hand knit clothing and accessories.

As a Reading Specialist, Hester taught ages 3 to 22 in a psychiatric hospital on a medical school campus. She has since taught children and adults in private schools, international art and quilt industries' consumer and retailer conferences, college campus art classes, invitational appearances, and independent workshops.

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