Martha Negley Fabrics
Marth Negley Fabrics for Free Spirit. For 40+ years I’ve been painting decorative patterns. In the late ‘70s after art school I started as a colorist for a small textile company in New York that was producing women’s apparel fabrics. For extra money I worked out repeats on the side. It was a memorable time living in one of the only women’s hotels in an exciting city but I was broke!
I relocated to the Midwest to work for a greeting card company and for many years designed giftwrap and paper plate patterns. I started to overlap that with freelancing for home décor fabric and wallpaper companies and finally in 1994 I decided to leave and start my own design company. Ten years later I met Kaffe Fasset and Liza Prior Lucy who were walking SURTEX the surface design show in New York where I exhibited every spring and that led to many happy years of working with Westminster Fabrics. I took a break in 2014 and I’m now returning to painting for Free Spirit Fabrics. I still live and work in Kansas City painting, growing roses, baking, fly fishing, doing volunteer work and caring for my old wire fox terrier.
I relocated to the Midwest to work for a greeting card company and for many years designed giftwrap and paper plate patterns. I started to overlap that with freelancing for home décor fabric and wallpaper companies and finally in 1994 I decided to leave and start my own design company. Ten years later I met Kaffe Fasset and Liza Prior Lucy who were walking SURTEX the surface design show in New York where I exhibited every spring and that led to many happy years of working with Westminster Fabrics. I took a break in 2014 and I’m now returning to painting for Free Spirit Fabrics. I still live and work in Kansas City painting, growing roses, baking, fly fishing, doing volunteer work and caring for my old wire fox terrier.
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