Author: Connie Moore

Connie Moorehttps://conniemoorecom.wordpress.comConnie Moore is a professional graphic designer and illustrator in the Pacific Northwest. Connie loves to create designs that delight the heart. Clean design with a little whimsy. Connie gets inspiration from her studies of art, music, and dance, and the many little animals that live at her forested home. One of her favorite things to do is observe how light interacts with trees, rocks, and plants. © connie-moore.com
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A Quilt as Design

This modern quilt image has 3 squares across and 4 down. Square patterns are a representation of modern-day quilt designs. On this card is a digital image of hand-painted paper. (Also available as a download on Zazzle.)

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Fabric shapes, sewn together
Does make a quilt.
Shapes in a straight line
And some are at a tilt.

Perhaps the most fun of all
The hunt for cute fabric.
Yards are, for the stash
So fantastic!

Although quilts are often used
To keep you cozy warm,
A quilt is, without a doubt
A stunning art form.
–Connie Moore

KENZIE KIWI FRUIT

I must have grown up in the age of ponchos. I just love them.

Knit and crochet poncho in the yarn HIKOO, Kenzie, Kiwi Fruit
Let’s say you don’t think the shirt you have on makes you gorgeous, put on a poncho and out the door you go looking fabulous!

I try yarns that interest me and have the fiber content I am looking for. This yarn from HIKOO named Kenzie is from New Zealand with love — says so right on the label. I liked working with this yarn both on the knitting machine and crochet handwork. It hangs straight and keeps it’s shape very well.

As for the color name Kiwi Fruit, let’s do a test:

The fuzzy part?

The Kenzie yarn has silk noils. Being new to knitting I had to look up what “noils” meant — a decorative additive. AKA flecks of stuff.

Yarn: Hikoo, Kenzie
Color: Kiwi Fruit (1007)
Yarn Weight: Worsted
Yards: 160 yards per ball
Fibers: 50% New Zealand merino, 25% nylon, 10% Angora, 10% alpaca, 5% silk noils
Pattern: Manikin draping

Best wishes,
Connie

At the Beach

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Pebbles in the sand there are
Round because they’ve come so far.
At this time it feels so free
To be standing at the sea.
The beach stretches far and wide
Ready for the coming tide.
Treasures in the sand you wish
And there it is, one starfish.
– Connie Moore

Artwork is a digital photo collage of hand painted paper. Materials used: Liquitex, Heavy Body acrylic on Canson XL watercolor paper. Illustration created in Adobe Illustrator.

Best wishes,
Connie

Magenta Sleeveless Sweater

Machine knit fabric with crochet edges.
Yarn: Elsebeth Lavold, Silky Wool
Fibers: 65% wool, 35% silk
Weight: DK
Yarn made in Italy
Sewing pattern: Style ARC, ESME DESIGNER KNIT TOP

I took the yarn from the hanks and rolled nice stiff balls with center strands that pulled out with even tension. I like to work with silk fiber in the mix because it’s slightly sticky and stays on the needles of the knitting machine. This is the first yarn I have managed to work so tightly on my LK 150. The drape of the knitted Silky Wool is straight without curling problems. I don’t recall any unravelling strands or knots coming undone. Love this yarn!

Pattern piece outlines are glued with a fine line of fabric glue on both sides. Seams are yarn sewn and then bound with a crochet stitch. Cheating? You bet!

The Esme top is longer in the back than the front.

Crochet flower accents on the front neckline.

Knitting machine set to three needles forward, one back. 

Purple Sweater

Tunic with bell sleeves.

Machine knit fabric with crochet edges.
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn, Encore
Color:(0686) Wine Heather
Weight: Worsted
Fibers: 75% Acrylic/ 25% Wool
Yarn made in Turkey

Multicolor yarn

Neck binding with crochet edge.

Comic Blast 4th of July

Remember as a kid getting your first firework sparklers and your mom yelling “Don’t run with the sparklers”! You’d watch it burn down to the end of the silver stuff and think (Oh man, it’s over already)?

What about Glow worms? When lit they oozed out … I don’t know what. You were left with these long, charred, cheese puff things. You saw the flames and smelled the smoke. Cool man!

July 5, on the ground lie little pieces of paper and red sticks from the — cover your ears — bottle rockets.

One year we did not have more fireworks so my dad lit a road flair in the back yard. We sat around and watched the awesomeness.

May watching bright colored lights give us strength.

Connie

Marbles

Hi,  I wanted to share this new illustration finished yesterday of glass marbles. Perfect orbs of color swirls. I hope they bring you joy.

Best wishes,
Connie

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My Inspirations

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Mummy

Hello,

This mummy’s head is kept under glass but he’s not alone.

Artwork is a digital photo collage of hand painted paper. Materials used: Liquitex, Heavy Body acrylic on Canson XL watercolor paper. Illustration created in Adobe Illustrator.

Best wishes,
Connie

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A special thanks to the people who have ordered this design on products!

Tulip Fields

Hello,

If you have ever been to a tulip field you know when the sunlight hits the rows of blossoms a feeling of joy can come over you. The bright warm colors mixed with pastels have an uplifting effect on the brain. The light bouncing off many colors all at once creates one of those moments in time to pause.

Artwork is a digital photo collage of hand painted paper. Materials used: Liquitex, Heavy Body acrylic on Canson XL watercolor paper. Illustration created in Adobe Illustrator.

Best wishes,
Connie

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A special thanks to the people who have ordered this design on products!

Highland Fling Capelet Crochet Pattern

Hello,

I wanted to share this weekend’s project with you.

It is still raining many days and crochet is such a cozy thing to do. I have many skeins of yarn in the “Homespun” line from Lions Brand so I looked on their website for patterns. This caplet pattern, #L40509, is a free download named “Highland Fling Capelet.” The project takes one skein and is a easy level pattern. I used the color Wild Fire #408 in my project.
You can find the pattern at this link:

http://www.lionbrand.com/highland-fling-capelet.html

I followed the instructions and mine does not look exactly like the pattern picture (they did a shorter collar) but it is still adorable. This caplet has a single crochet cord that runs through holes in an eyelet row.

Best wishes,
Connie

Bunny and Flowers

Happy Spring!

I do my artwork near a window with a view of my garden. Bright green leaves are starting to appear and a few flowers. With this new growth comes the bunnies. Little brown bunnies hopping around eating all my plants. I have a photo of a baby bunny eating planted celery and thought it might make a great Spring/Easter illustration.

Artwork is a digital photo collage of hand painted paper. Materials used: Liquitex, Heavy Body acrylic on Canson XL watercolor paper. Illustration created in Adobe Illustrator.

Best wishes,
Connie

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A special thanks to the people who have ordered this design on products!