ShowRoom
Quilts and textile art with a story
My ShowRoom is the room where my quilts hang, and little by little other pieces made of fabric too: to look at and to buy. Some come with the whole story, others with just a picture and a few words.
My quilts
Finished quilts
When I use someone else’s pattern, I always say where it comes from. Where the design is my own, I say so too.
Quilt
Jelly Roll Race, the Lazy Way
The fabrics were donated to me by Andrea Kollath of the Quiltmanufaktur in Frankfurt am Main. I made this quilt in 2026 in memory of her shop.
Quilt
Kuschelrock 1
The blocks are the size of LPs, which we’re just starting to collect again. Machine pieced; quilting: tied with wool yarn.
Quilt
Kuschelrock 2
The men’s version, made from my husband’s worn clothes and fabrics with camping and vacation themes. Machine pieced and quilted.
Memory quiltAlready gone
Eva’s Quilt
Swedish fabrics my mother-in-law had kept for years, along with clothes from our family and Liberty fabric from London.
My own design; the spiral flowers are based on a design by Sarah Fielke
Quilt from a pattern
The Halo
Hundreds of curves, sewn from fabrics full of memories: my old Monchhichi bedding and the stuffed bed snake from my childhood.
The Halo by Jen Kingwell
Price: €4,000
Gift quiltAlready gone
A Star is born
A big, bright star for my sister-in-law, in purple because that’s her color. The backing is flannel, so it’s really warm.
Based on the “Big Wonky Star” tutorial from the Missouri Star Quilt Company
Art quilt
Vignettes Quilt
My first art quilt, made in Heidi Parkes’s sew-along. The quilting lines represent the lines in my palm.
Vignettes Quilt Along by Heidi Parkes
Wall quilt
Windy Washday
A small wall quilt with laundry on the line. It reminds me of the long clotheslines in my grandma’s garden.
Windy Washday by Sarah Fielke
Gift quiltAlready gone
Scrappy Stars for Hanni
Stars pieced from lots of small pieces of fabric in blue and pink.
QuiltAlready gone
Scrappy Trip Along
Lots of little squares, laid out in diagonal waves.
Quilt
Jacob’s Ladder
Machine pieced, machine quilted. A Jacob’s Ladder quilt was traditionally given to people who needed to recover, so they could climb the ladder back to good health.
QuiltSold
Mona’s Sampler
Machine pieced and quilted for Mona, with themes to suit her.
Quilt
Spring Garden
Inspired by the colors of the white and pink tulips beside the garden steps in spring. Machine pieced and quilted.
Quilt
Snowflaked Corner balls
Inspired by the end of winter and the Kaffe Fassett fabric I used for the sashing and the border. Machine pieced and quilted. Free-motion quilting.
QuiltAlready gone
Strip-Pieced Quilt for Theresa
Machine pieced and quilted, plus machine appliqué. These are my absolute all-time favorite colors! I gave this quilt to one of my sisters.
QuiltSold
Hexies for Chrissi / Colorful Festival Quilt
Machine pieced and quilted. Upcycling at its best!
Quilt
Christmas Quilt
With improv trees and a jelly roll race. Machine pieced and quilted.
Quilt
Coming up roses
Rosebuds coming into bloom. The color scheme was inspired by a rose fabric I used for the border.
Design and pattern: Sarah Fielke
Medallion quilt
Coming Home
Sewn block by block over a year as part of Sarah Fielke’s Block of the Month. In the 2020 online competition, it was entry no. 21.
Coming Home, 2019 Block of the Month by Sarah Fielke
QuiltSold
Grandpa Fritz’s Quilt
Strips of memory fabrics between large pieces of fabric with a Black Forest motif. Machine pieced, quilted on the longarm. I finished sewing on the binding during a Black Forest vacation with the whole extended family.
- Shirt fabric from his youngest son, Stefan
- Costume fabric from a harlequin that his late mother-in-law had sewn
- A handwoven fabric by his eldest daughter Christina, who is a master weaver
- A fabric from the collection of his other daughter-in-law, Gabi
- A fabric from the stash of the quilter, Caroline
- A fabric that his wife Margot had in her stash
- A fabric his eldest daughter gave her sister-in-law to make the background for a quilt
The other children came along on the vacation too, and so they also added to this lovely Black Forest memory.
Quilt
Scrap Vortex
Hundreds of small pieces of fabric, put together row by row on the design wall.
Quilt
Sunburst Medallion
This was my center for #roundrobingermany2022, but that’s a truly special story.
Quilt
Footprints
Appliquéd footprints on pink, densely quilted, with stripes in blue and green below.
Artist statement
Fabrics with a story
My quilts tell stories. They consist of fabrics that tell stories.
Memorabilia, worn clothes, bedlinen, curtains, tablecloths, fabrics that were given to me as presents, fabrics I had to hunt down, fabrics I shopped online late at night in bed as a reward, fabrics I exchanged with sewing friends, fabrics I inherited, fabrics that were given to me to turn them into something special, and so on.
Some fabrics came free, some were cheap, some were expensive because I bought them overseas which comes with high packaging, freight and custom fees.
The way I work with the materials and the reasons why I choose the appropriate patterns is a completely different story.
Patchwork and Quilting is so much more for me than just spending my free time sewing.
I am loving it and it loves me. When I sew, I am totally with myself, and the rest of the world is simply irrelevant.
Working with textiles is a special form of expressing oneself. It is play, composition, tradition, handcrafting, art, tenderness, endurance and concentration training, mindfulness and it is also therapy in a way.
I really started sewing patchwork when I was a single raising mum. Collecting the fabrics, hunting them on the internet or in local shops, organizing them, patting them, washing and preparing them for sewing, making plans on how to turn them into something wonderful, etc. fulfilled me and gave me a warm feeling of perfect well-being. It brightened up my late evenings when the kids were asleep and when, what felt like really the long days, were over. Then I had time to turn to my fabrics and to my works.
To be able to turn to pieces which you can control completely, pieces which can grow bit by bit in a calm way, or at least in my tempo, was fulfilling. And what I made remained – unlike cooking, laundry, and cleaning. Also, when it’s done you have something warm to cuddle in and with and something you can gift to a loved one.
I love that I can live a self-determined life as a woman and that I can love freely whomever I choose and for as long as I want. I like to celebrate this fact by sewing quilts using traditional techniques. And I am thankful to all my wonderful, strong ancestors who were hard-working women who had to endure a lot to raise their kids, feed their families and hold them together or who also worked in family businesses. Their diligence and impact prepared the ground for the progress and prosperity we see around here today.
Sometimes I have the feeling that they are looking over my shoulder while I sew, or they gather around me and spend time sewing on their own works.
During my first ten years of sewing I learned all the skills that now enable me to sew the way I like. And I have been able to become familiar with and buy almost all the materials I use nowadays – I am loving it!
Do you know the art of David Hettinger or Andrew Wyeth? I like them a lot, and I like the way they painted their world.
Caroline
I want to preserve fabrics and the memories linked to them.
Exhibitions
Where my quilts have hung
Since 2020 I have been a member of Kunstfreunde Wetter, a small group of local artists organized as an art association.
- April and May 2026Homberg Castle in Homberg (Ohm), a group exhibition by the art association, with my Halo and a small Scrap Vortex
- July 2025Kunstpavillon Wetter, with my Vignettes Quilt
- November 2022Art market in Wetter
- 2022Flannel quilts under the title “Cuddles with Grandpa” at the retirement home by the castle in Frankenberg (Eder), where they could also be used
- 2021The art association’s Kunstpavillon in Wetter
- 2021Worldwide quilt along with Heidi Parkes, with my Vignettes Quilt in four online get-togethers on YouTube
- 2020Worldwide online exhibition in Sarah Fielke’s Block of the Month quilt competition, with Coming Home as no. 21
- Early 2020The art association’s Kunstpavillon in Wetter, my first solo exhibition
Love one of these quilts, or have an idea?
I have already sold some of my pieces. Does a quilt catch your eye, or would you like a similar one for yourself or someone you love? I’ll reply personally, in English if you like.