In 1957, Rudi created his first woven holiday card and continued the tradition of sending them for decades due to its popularity with friends and family. He created orginal, holiday themed tapestry weavings attached to handwritten cards and sent them out annually until his death in 1985. He made thousands of the holiday cards over the span of 28 years. The tapestries, or "Rudy's Christmas 'rags'" (as he called it), were handmade miniature weavings created with a traditional looming technique. Earlier versions of the tapestries were created with a less complex 4-harness loom. However, after a trip to Paris where he was inspired by the intricacy of the stain glass rose windows at the Chartres and Notre Dame Cathedrals, he began using a 16-harness loom to develop more elaborate designs. Throughout his career as an artist, Fuchs created numerous functional and aesthetic weavings and fiber creations that earned him national acclaim. 

Rudolph "Rudi" Fuchs (pronounced "Fox") began teaching at North Texas State Teachers College in Denton (now the University of North Texas) in 1930. He also established the art studio known as Kendolph Terrace in Denton with his partner, Kenneth. In 1938, Rudi traveled to Europe where he studied in Paris, England, Germany, and Sweden. Before World War II, he spent time in London learning ancient fiber art techniques from the Weavers, Dyers, and Spinners Guild of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He also studied at the Chicago School of Design under Laszlo Maholy-Nagy, former Bauhaus professor and contributor to the modern constructivism movement in art. Both Rudi and Kenneth served in World War II. While serving in the war, Rudi worked as a German translator. After the war, he returned to Denton and resumed teaching art at the University of North Texas. In the 1940s, he introduced fiber art and weaving courses at the university and was the only professor to do so at the time. In 1972, Fuchs retired from the University of North Texas.