A Red Heart for Love

When my friends Ben and Gabriella got married in New Orleans, we were unfortunately not able to go. But next time they came to visit I gave them this quilt I had made for their wedding. The picture does not completely do it justice because the lighting is so poor, but it is a big heart made up of rail fence blocks in all red fabrics. I bought almost all of the fabrics on a great field trip to Mary Jo's, and having not even tried to figure out how much I needed of each print, I ended up with way too much. So I've had a very well supplied red stash over the years.

Jens' and Anna's Baby Quilts

Among the many,many baby quilts I have made are, of course, quilts for my nieces and nephews. The first ones were for Jens (below) and Anna (above), children of my sister Vibeke and Klaus.

Mads and Lotte's Quilt

My brother Mads and my sister-in-law Lotte were married on June 3, 1995. I made this quilt for them as a wedding present, however, it was not finished until 1997. I found the pattern in a book, I think it might've been called "Farmer's Daughter." In addition to various prints, I used a lot of my self-dyed turquoise and bluish fabrics. I hand pieced and quilted it.

Orange Quilt for Halle

I've always really liked 9-patches, they are easy to cut and make and yet versatile. I made this little quilt for Halle, George and Tanya's first child, and Steve's God daughter.

Amish Roman Stripes

I have always been attracted to Amish and Mennonite quilts, but I have only ever made one, perhaps because these quilts, generally having large areas of one color, require a lot of quilting - and I am probably too lazy or too impatient to get going on the next quilt.

But this quilt was a labor of love and I very much enjoyed making it. It was originally for my dear friend Mary Brown Eastland, but almost immediately after I gave it to her, she eloped and married the love of her life, Lewis Sinclair, so I changed it and made it a wedding present for them in March 1997.

Here is a picture of Lewis and Mary Sinclair from around 2005.