A pioneer in the field of digital weaving in which she combines traditional craftsmanship with technological innovation, in 2017 she received the Nordic Award in Textiles.
[4] Together with her partner, the film director Bo Hovgaard Andreasen, she set up home in the old Bastrup school to the south of Viborg where she established a workshop with dyeing facilities and large looms.
She then completed her education in Switzerland and at the French tapestry enterprise, Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, in Paris.
[4] Experimenting with both two-dimensional and three-dimensional weaving techniques, she won the competition for decorating the Esbjerg teaching aids centre (Amtscentralen) in 1981.
[4] In 2017, Sørensen won the prestigious Nordic Award in Textiles from the Swedish foundation Stiftelsen Fokus Borås for her success in digital and traditional weaving.