Chosen 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, author of quilting books, instructor, and designer of patterns for quilts, sewn clothing, and designer knits. Among others, her fiber collage art pieces have appeared and won awards in "Art Quilts: Elements", Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary, NC; "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, by Bresenhan & Puentes; SIMPLY SENSATIONAL BAGS, by McGehee; QUILT magazine; and had the only quilt juried into the original ACI all-art media Virtual Reality Art Exhibit on CD-ROM to tour museums, galleries, and educational institutions worldwide.
Hester has been a professional fiber collage artist since 1980 and has been designing wearable art clothing for over 50 years, creating patterns for 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 designer knit patterns reflects over 50 years of experience designing and creating patterns for hand knit clothing and accessories.
As a Reading Specialist, Hester taught ages 3 to 18 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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Knit CrewNeck Cardigan Pattern |
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