quilters meet & greet

Hello and welcome to the Online Quilter's Meet & Greet
- hosted by Benita from benitaskinner and Victoriana Quilt Designs.

So here's a wee bit about me in case you are new to kokaquilts. I'm Linda and I live in Auckalnd, NZ. I was lucky enough to be able to retire early from nursing and now I quilt at every opportunity. Oh, and fit in a few childcare days each week too with our three granchildren.
I have been blogging since November 2012. I love my 1/2 hr in the morning with a coffee and catching up on what's happening on other blogs, enjoying all the sharing, the inspiration, the tips & techniques. I think all the interacting through the comments, from all the way around the world, is the best part of the blogging quilting community!

And my quilting style? Well, I love an eclectic fun mix of modern, florals, vintage and plaids. I do like to use everything, together if possible - dottie dots, flowery florals, strippy stripes all in bright happy scrappy colours, lots of colour!
I'm always looking for ways to use up my precious stash, and I've been experimenting lately with mixing & mismatching bright prints from my scrap basket. I tend to jump from one thing to another, having a few projects all on the go at once.
I do use patterns from time to time, and other times I simply look at a quilt and figure out something similer. My quilts are made to be used, and cuddled, dragged around, used as play tents and loved to bits.
I hope you'll take a look around.

One of my very favourite makes was my 'broken china mosaic' quilt. It was my take on Chris Jurd's 'emperors wheel' quilt. I did a little broderie perse for the centre section, and then paper pieced the rest. Those 'new york beauty' blocks steal the show in this quilt. I machine quilted it and then added some big stitch hand quilted details.

And another favourite finish is my 'queen of the May' quilt. On my last trip to Melbourne I visited Somerset Patchwork and fell in love with Karen's quilt 'Circle of Sisters' that was on display in the shop. It was such a bright recreation of a vintage quilt. The blocks were on a wonderful yellow cheddar background, the whole quilt simply glowed, and I've always loved the idea of making a quilt one day on something so bright too.

The 'printonprints' effect is quite wild and colourful, and such a fun way to go! My finished quilt measures 150cms x 150cms and was beautifully machine quilted by Leeanne from quiltmekiwi.

Thanks for visiting.
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