I have to agree with Edie.....my hubby too, while not a "macho" man is all male, but loves anything I have made for him....Flowers, pinks, embroidery, whatever....he just loves to have something from me that expresses me...cause he loves me.

I agree...."My quilt, my rules"

I don't make girly quilts for anyone, I simply don't like girly styles. Most of my quilts are pretty much unisex, and the main difference you notice (though again, not always) is that the baby quilts are brighter and may include animal motifs. I'm trying to train myself to work with pink, small amounts of that are going in the odd quilt, but again, you can get pink into a quilt for a man without it looking girly if you get the overall colour scheme right. I made http://www.flickr.com/photos/elettaria/5553391059/ for a friend of mine and he loves it! I'm planning to use that sort of colour scheme and make something similar to http://www.flickr.com/photos/elettaria/4130920292/ for my best friend as a sofa quilt, and I know that he is likely to get a red or terracotta sofa since I know his tastes.

So I don't think of myself as limited when it comes to designing quilts for men or boys. I do avoid a huge amount of commercial quilting fabrics, traditional florals for instance, but there are so many styles of fabric around these days that I am still utterly spoilt for choice.

LOL Tim!!! I agree.

This is the quilt I made for my son. The colors are actually a dark slate gray, camel and a dark red with a gold vine patterning. He doesn't like anything fussy and he really likes this one.

I agree that we need to think of our audience. However, I am offended when we lump all men (or women, for that matter) together. My husband usually hates the quilts marketed as "men's quilts." He loves a wide variety of things. The latest quilt I made for him was pink, green, and brown, and full of flowers. He loves it! Not just because I made it, but because he likes it visually. When are we (meaning our society) going to stop thinking that there are male-acceptable and female-acceptable things, and they can't mix?

I made a "Turning Twenty" for my husband a few years a go. I used fabrics that had books, music, maps, etc on it and the colors were decidedly masculine. I also gave him one of the first log cabin quilts I made which was more floral and "girly" but he loved it. He keeps them both in his listening room, the room where he has all his stereo stuff. He likes to go in there during the night when he can't sleep, (or when I'm snoring!)and it can be rather cold in there at night, so he pulls one of his quilts over him and is toasty and warm in his recliner.

Good point, and, I suppose, it could go either way, as well. I'm a guy, I make Civil War Soldiers cot quilts--I've given them to women friends. Soldiers quilts, are by definition, men's quilts so no Foo Foo stuff, just down to earth useable. As a man on the receiving end of a Foo Foo quilt, I believe I would better understand the time and effort that went into it, and since there's no question about my masculinity, I'd happily accept such a gift. I don't think I'd put it behind my saddle for Civil War event, though. It is an interesting point, however.

Jack in Colorado

Yep, I guess that could go both ways. I LOVE pinks and Purples, flowers and pretty, however my DD doesnt at all. She loves dark reds, burgundy and plaids. I just wouldnt be able to make her something I think is "pretty"!
For my Boyfriend last year I made a flannel backed blujeans quilt. Had lost my job, not much money coming in. He loves it, lol, but its a rag quilt, so he calls it "the unfinished quilt" because of the edges. Always teases me about that!

A few years ago, I was commissioned by a gal to make an oversized queen quilt for her to give to her boyfriend. He liked teal and brown colors and liked the quilts with lots of pieces they saw at a quilt shop.
At the time, it was really difficult to find fabric that was manly (without) flowers! I ended up doing the square in a square pattern and using batik for the center of the square.
When I took it to the gal's office to give it to her, she went crazy over it and so did her boss (man) - he even offered to pay me more for it than I charged her!

Depends on the man. Mine prefers really traditional fabrics, think it reminds him of the things his Mother created. Mostly with feed sacks. She passed away at 94, and stitched till the day she passed. I received the remaining fabric from her stash.