I am a quilter who enjoys every aspect of creating with fabric. Each piece is an adventure—from traditional quilting to contemporary art quilts and innovative fiber arts. Nature furnishes constant inspiration. I love to interpret trees, leaves, and landscapes in fabric. I often combine watercolor and pastel with stitches to create one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork.

It is an exciting time to be a fiber artist—we are learning new techniques and using tools and techniques that were unheard of just a few years ago!

Quilting is pure art. One can compare quilting to the mockingbird’s song. My favorite art-related quote: “Mockingbirds are the true artists of the bird kingdom. Which is to say, although they’re born with a song of their own, an innate riff that happens to be one of the most versatile of all ornithological expressions, mockingbirds aren’t content to merely play the hand that is dealt them. Like all artists, they are out to rearrange reality. Innovative, willful, daring, not bound by the rules to which others may blindly adhere, the mockingbird collects snatches of birdsong from this tree and that field, appropriates them, places them in new and unexpected contexts, recreates the world from the world. For example, a mockingbird in South Carolina was heard to blend the songs of thirty-two different kinds of birds into a ten-minute performance, a virtuoso display that served no practical purpose, falling, therefore, into the realm of pure art.” From the novel, Skinny Legs and All, by Tom Robbins, 1995.

I hope you enjoy seeing my creations. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. Comments about my work and web site are welcome.

See my blog for recent work and news: www.marthaginn.blogspot.com.