Queensland Flood Appeal Auctions

You will all have heard about the catastrophic flooding in Queensland, Australia. I have joined several other quilters in a great initiative started by Toni Coward of the Make It Perfect blog, to auction a quilt online with all proceeds going to the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal.

I am auctioning this quilt:


Monstera deliciosa
40 x 40 cm (15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in)
Whole cloth quilt, reverse applique, machine quilted

For details please visit my blog. Toni's blog will have a list with participating quilters soon.

Your generosity is much appreciated, particularly by those most affected by the floods. I offer you my thanks on their behalf. Please share this auction with as many people as you can.

Linda Robertus, Quilts

Balance 1 and 2 (2010), 28 x 28 cm / 11 x 11 inch

My name is Linda Robertus. I am Dutch, but I have been living in Brisbane, Australia with my family since March 2007.

I started quilting in 2006, when I was expecting our third son. After a year of making quilts for my children I slowly moved into the 'art quilt scene'. An online screen printing class in 2009 (with Lyric Kinard at Quilt University) has heavily influenced my work, as has the fact that my oldest son joined a gymnastics club around the same time. My series of gymnastics quilts is still not finished!


MAGnificence (2009), 85 x 76 cm /33 x 30 inch

Recently I have started using cyclists in my quilts. I am currently working on a second cycling quilt.


Speed (2010), 21 x 30 cm/ 8 x 12 inch

I like to try other techniques and materials from time to time, such as lutradur:


Grrr Argh (2010), 21 x 30 cm/ 8 x 12 inch

Lino printing:


Ernst (2010), 25 x 33 cm / 10 x 13 inch

Making a quilt based on a photo (photography is another passion, and I keep a daily photo blog):


Monstera deliciosa (2010) , 50 x 50 cm / 20 x 20 inch

I love optical illusions:


Op Art Quilt (2010), 50 x 50 cm / 20 x 20 inch

In 2008 I founded Art Quilts Around the World; an international group where each member makes a quilt to a designated theme four times a year. I made this quilt for the Mandala challenge in 2009:


MAGnificent Mandala (2009), diameter 30 cm / 12 inch

I am also a member of SAQA, QuiltArt and the Australian and New Zealand Art Quilters. With the last group I made a series of journal quilts in 2009. For one of them I used a X-ray of a tuberculosis patient. I am a public health physician currently working as a data manager/researcher and doing a PhD on tuberculosis control in the indigenous population in Queensland. I am passionate about this subject and hope to further explore it in my artwork some day.


Journal Quilt April 2009, 30 x 21 cm (12 x 8 inch)

I have a quilt blog, a photo blog and a store on the Australian MadeIt website where I sell small handmade items. I also design and sell fabric on Spoonflower.

Best wishes from Brisbane,