Paula Nadelstern makes her quilts on the same block in the Bronx where she was born. She 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 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.

Paula is the author of Fabricadabra: Simple Quilts, Complex Fabric (Fall, 2016), Paula Nadelstern’s Kaleidoscope Quilts: An Artist’s Journey Continues; Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Workbook; Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabric; Kaleidoscopes & Quilts; Snowflakes & Quilts and Fantastical Designs (a coloring book with selections from her over twenty fabric collections designed exclusively for Benartex, Inc.).

She has exhibited and taught all over the world including Japan, New Zealand, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, England, France, Germany, Switzwerland and Taiwan.