Paula Nadelstern has achieved international recognition for her innovative and complex designs inspired by the bilateral symmetry of kaleidoscopic images. Honored by inclusion in the Twentieth Century’s 100 Best American Quilts, her designs have inspired products including the vast carpet in the Hilton Americas hotel in Houston, TX and were showcased in the American Folk Art Museum’s first one-person exhibition highlighting the work of a contemporary quilt artist (2009). In addition to her numerous awards, she was a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and The Bronx Council on the Arts. Her books include Fabricadabra: Simple Quilts, Complex Fabric (Pub date: October 2016), Kaleidoscopes & Quilts, Snowflakes & Quilts, Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabric, Kaleidoscope Quilts: An Artist’s Journey Continues, Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Workbook and Fantastical Designs (a coloring book with selections from her fabric collections designed exclusively for Benartex, Inc.). She lives in New York City with her husband, Eric.