{"title":"Martha Negley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor 50+ 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! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI re-located 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 Fassett 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. In 2026 I joined the fabulous Kaffe Fassett Collective designing for FreeSpirit Fabrics. I still live and work in Kansas City, painting, growing roses, baking, fly fishing and caring for my old wire fox terrier Eddie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollections so far:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Golden Harvey, Forage, Holly Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1665-33875-969","title":"1665-33875-968","description":"\u003cp\u003eScience Toss  Black\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"0","offers":[{"title":"0","offer_id":49337189925141,"sku":"1665-33875-968","price":11.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/7952\/5909\/files\/1665-33875-968.jpg?v=1758315037"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/7952\/5909\/collections\/MarthaNegley_KFC_Headshot_1200x1200__16557.jpg?v=1784168546","url":"https:\/\/www.fabco.co.nz\/collections\/martha-negley\/warehouse-fabric-in-stock.oembed","provider":"Fabco Limited","version":"1.0","type":"link"}