Renee Nanneman of Need'l Love

"Design is all about Concept" ... Renee Nanneman's motto since starting her own publishing business, The Need'l Love Company, Inc., in 1984 when she was 26 years old.

Be it designing patterns for cross stitch, rug hooking or quilting, Renee creates and publishes fresh and innovative design to inspire others to appreciate and enjoy the needlearts.

For Renee, fabric designing is just another creative vision. Inspired by the vintage fabric on an old covered box, Renee's first fabric collection, "Daylily Days" was created. Most of her fabric designs come to life from old quilts, fabrics and needlework she has found while scouring antique shops and flea markets. She loves to give everything she touches a "vintage" feel. Since 2006, Renee has created more than 30 print, woven & wool fabric groups for Andover Fabrics. Andover released Renee's first grouping of "basics" -- small prints in colors to coordinate with her fabric collections -- and named them "Itsy Bits".