Marti Plager creates her art utilizing primarily hand dyed cotton fabric, sewing the shapes and colors together and then adding the final layer of texture with the quilting stitches. On "Journeys and Memories," she says, "While living in Louisville, I have become very aware of the bridges crossing the river. The patterns they make against the natural landscape fascinate me and I notice these marks every time I drive downtown. For me, the bridges have come to symbolize the journey of life." Plager has exhibited her work nationally as well as in Louisville and elsewhere in Kentucky, including the prestigious annual show of the American Quilter’s Society in Paducah.

Plager grew up in Iowa and has lived in many places throughout the United States. She now makes Louisville, KY her home. She learned to sew in 9^th grade home economics class and was a garment sewer for many years. She has worked as the education manager for Simplicity Pattern Company in New York and as a retail fabric store manager in Florida. In Kentucky Plager took her first quilting class and became passionate over this form of creative textile art. Using her sewing machine skill and expertise she now works full time as a studio artist creating contemporary wall quilts as her form of personal expression.