Yesterday I posted my daughter Beth’s photo of lilacs and a butterfly as a possible inspiration for quilting.  I didn’t realize at the time Beth was printing the photo on fabric for the final panel of her round robin book project.
When I saw her compiling the pages today and spied the butterfly and lilacs, I realized Beth had used her photo as inspiration for this project.  It captured her imagination as it did mine.
Check this post, Quilting Inspiration from Your Photos, for the photograph.
Here is the book page made from the photo printed onto fabric.  (Photo and book page from Meandering Threads.)  …read more

If you’ve been following the Fiber Explorers’ Round Robin pages (they’re making books for this session), my daughter Beth has posted more at her Meandering Threads blog, under a post, More Round Robin Pages.
It’s always fun to see what Beth is making and the pages others in the group create for her “Nature” book.  Here’s one another group member made for Beth’s book.  Beth thinks the leaves were made with Shiva paint sticks.
This is the last round for the robin, so next meeting they’ll have all the pages for each book completed.  Then the fiber artists will figure out how to …read more

As I watched my daughter make a fairy for the Round Robin quilt book project her Fiber Explorers group is undertaking, I was amazed.  The theme for the book she had to work on this session was Art Paper Dolls.
I think this is lovely, and even the photo shows the three-dimensional effect.

Now maybe I’m prejudiced because Beth is my daughter!  However, I’m going to suggest she sometime make a whole book of these little fairies in different costumes and and poses.  Perhaps I should write a children’s story and let Beth make illustrations in fabric. 
Learn more about the Round Robin fabric …read more

Here’s the latest creation Beth made for the Round Robin her fiber arts group (Fiber Explorers) are doing.  She made it as a page for Carmen’s book with the them of “In the Woods.” Since we have trillium among the wild flowers growing the three acres of woodland around our home, it seemed appropriate to make these flowers for Carmen’s book.  You’ll find more about their Round Robin books on Beth’s Meandering Threads blog and perhaps gain inspiration and ideas for a book of your own.   Each of the fiber artists developed a theme for their book.  Then each of …read more

Beth’s fiber arts group has completed another segment in their Round Robin quilts.  She posted some photos, at her Meandering Threads blog, of work they’ve accomplished so far. 
Each quilter is contributing a page to one another’s books.  They also selected themes for their books which the contributors are carrying out.
It’s very interesting to see the various techniques and ideas they are coming up with.

Here is Beth’s contribution to one of the books with the theme of “Sky.”  It’s difficult to see clearly here, but Beth placed cheese cloth over the blue ocean to give it texture.  The fabric is some …read more

I mentioned previously that my daughter’s fiber art group decided to create fabric books for their Round Robin project this year.  From time to time Beth posts some of the work on her Meandering Threads blog.
After their second trade, these are some of the interesting creations the ladies are making.  They’ve each chosen a theme for their book and each one is different.  They’ll each add a page to one another’s book.
Here is one of Beth’s additions to a book:
I find this project utterly fascinating and can’t wait to see what new ideas the ladies come up with each time …read more

I’ve come across a variety of Round Robins, whereby a quilt or fabric art piece, makes the round of the artists, with each adding to it. These can be conducted among quilters who meet online or those who gather in person periodically.
*Fabric books, such as my daughter mentions at Meandering Threads.  Each fiber artist contributes a page to the others’ books.
*Quilts with each quilter adding a strip to make it larger.
*A hanging with each person starting it, then the others contributing as it makes the rounds.
*ATC (Artist Trading Cards) whereby each one adds a card to a collection.
*Quilt supply collection…each person …read more

Round Robins, sending a piece of quilting, a hanging, a fabric postcard or similar project around among chosen quilters who add something to it, have become poipular.  They can be conducted with online quilters (sent on its rounds through the mail) or among fabric artists in a group who meet periodically.
My daughter has participated in both and enjoys them equally.  Her current Round Robin thas begun making the rounds among her fiber arts group that meets every other Friday. They are making fabric books, each one contributing a page to the one another’s.  When finished, there will be six books, based on a nature theme, in which …read more

Previously I mentioned the Round Robin my daughter’s local group was conducting. Occasionally Beth posted a photo of a Round Robin fiber art piece she was working on.  The artists are displaying the finished pieces as the Round Robin Collection at their exhibit at the Artistic Roots Art Center at Campton, NH.  Beth also has photos of these for viewing at her blog, http://meanderingthreads.blogspot.com , along with other exhibit pieces.
For those unfamiliar with Round Robins, they consist of works passed around a group (either a local group where quilters meet regularly or an online group in which they mail the pieces to one another).  Each artist adds something to the piece before sending …read more

Quilters who haven’t participated in a Round Robin quilt exchange, and even those who have, like to see the before and after photos of these projects.  My daughter and other members of her small art quilting group recently completed their quilt hangings.
It was interesting to see what had happened to my daughter’s after the five other ladies in the group added their touches to it.  Last night Beth posted the before and after photos on her blog, with an explanation of what else she might do to it.
If you’d like to learn more about Round Robins, check out her photos …read more