Brisbane: Craft to support the Leukaemia Foundation

For those of you who have been to a recent meet up you would know that over the course of the next month we will be working with one of our lovely Brown Owls members Lara on crafting beautiful items to help raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation, specifically for the Myleoproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) trust fund within the Research Trust of the Foundation, an important area of research on a rare group of diseases.

You can help out by coming along to a meet up in the next month to make beautiful crafty things or to donate pre-loved books and handmade items for a Mother's Day market stall to help raise money. Read on for all of the details!

How YOU can help while learning new crafty skills!

1. MAKE STUFF AT A MEET UP OR AT HOME
We have a number of crafting bees and meet ups coming up in the next month where we will be learning new creative skills to make stuff to sell on the market stall. Scroll down and read on for all of the details and make sure you book in!

2. DONATE STUFF
Donate handmade goods and pre-loved books for us to sell on the market stall to help raise money. You can also donate craft materials to use at meet ups to make things to sell on the stall.

3. BUY A RAFFLE TICKET
Win a huge hamper of treats! Raffle tickets will be available for sale at each meet up and only cost $1 each!

4. VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME
Help out at a meet up or more importantly on the market day (26 April at The Gap Farmers Market).

All money raised from the market stall and raffle are split 50/50 between the Myleoproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) trust fund within the Research Trust of the Leukaemia Foundation and the University of Queensland Diamantina Institue (UQDI) of research.

If there is any way you can help out please email brisbanebrownowls@gmail.com.

 

THE MEET UPS AND CRAFTING BEES!

Here is a quick list of meet ups and crafting bees in the lead up to the stall.

AT ANY MEET UP YOU CAN BRING ALONG YOUR OWN ITEMS TO WORK ON FOR THE STALL OR FINISH SOMETHING YOU HAVE STARTED, YOU DON'T NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SELECTED CRAFT.

TEA TOWELS :: APPLIQUE OR CROCHET EDGES
Thursday 26 March, 6-9pm
Rebecca's home, Greenslopes (address will be provided when you book in)
Bring your own tea towel, visoflex scraps and fabric scraps and/or 2 or 4 ply crochet cotton. Applique is for any level of crafter, crochet edges require basic crochet skills to learn. We will have some cute applique designs to choose from or bring your own ideas.

TEA TOWELS & CROCHET DISH CLOTHS
Thursday 9 April, 6-9pm
Ashgrove Library meeting room, 87 Amarina Ave, Ashgrove
Continue working on your applique or crochet edge tea towels. This crafting bee is also an opportunity to whip up some crochet dish cloths to match your tea towel. Great for beginners or for those who would like to try out some new crochet patterns in a simple square.

CROCHET FLOWER PENCIL TOPPERS  
Sunday 12 April, 10:30am-12:30pm
Brisbane Square Library, George Street, Brisbane CBD
Beginners welcome! Bring along your yarn and wool scraps, small buttons for the centre and a pencil or two to pop the flowers on. You can make one for yourself and the quick hookers out there can make a few for the stall.

FOLK STITCHING ON FELT

Tuesday 14 April, 6:30-9pm
The Nest, 720 South Pine Road, Everton Park
Cost: $10 Bookings for this one click here
For those of you who missed out on the last folk stitching on felt session or if you want some time out to finish yours. We will also have some sweet cupcake templates to work on for the stall.

HUGE CRAFTING BEE
Thursday 16 April, 6-9pm
Ashgrove Library meeting room, 87 Amarina Ave, Ashgrove
Bring all your projects from the last month to finish off, we will have access to everything you need as well as provide help along the way.

RSVP ESSENTIAL FOR ALL MEET UPS FOR A LIST OF WHAT TO BRING! 
Email brisbanebrownowls@gmail.com to book in now.
Tea and coffee will be provided at all of these meet ups, you are welcome to bring along a plate to share.

MITCHAM BROWN OWLS

Hi There Owlies,

When you get the chance pick up the latest copy of "Stitch Craft Create".  Ansie Van Der Walt has written a great article about brown Owls, and you might even see yourself in there!

For this months class, we are going to muck around with Fimo.  I'll supply the materials, but bring an apron, plastic cutting board  and a  container to take your work home in. 

You can also bring along your own projects to work on, and there is always learn to knit or crochet.

I'm pleased to anounce our glory vine yarn bombing has now found a new home at City of Prospect, it will give the North Adelaide football Club followers something to admire.

The Details:   Where, Gallery One, 1 Torrens Street Mitcham ph: 0431297258

When: Saturday 28th March from 1.30 to 4.00 pm 

Cost:  $7.00 Room Hire..... Materials fee $2.00

Southside Owls! First meet for 2015 is on Thursday 12th March at our new venue!!

Hello lovely ladies

How are you all? Hope your 2015 is going swimmingly so far! It's been a super busy year so far. I have a bit of news, we have just finalised the sale of Miss Jackson Cafe, hence the lateness of this post, my apologies.

I'm sad that we will no longer be able to use MJ as a venue, but we have very exciting news! I have a new partner in crime this year, and we have a new southside venue!!

The super lovely Dee from Beadil will be co-hosting Owls with me this year! And we will be switch between meeting at her super cute bead shop in Hampton, and the awesome Frankie and Swiss in South Yarra.

So here's to new beginnings and a wonderful craft filled 2015!

Is there anything better than the moment you start a new project (well, other than finishing it of course!)

Date: Thursday 12th March

Time: 7:30pm ~ 9:30pm-ish

Venue: Beadil!!

Entry via the lane way
between Mills Street
and Littlewood Street,
just behind Hampton Street






Craft: BYO - bring along those brand spanking new 2015 craft projects to show off!

Goodies: tea and coffee will be available, there is a bottle shop conveniently two doors down, and baked goods are most welcome, we will ooh and ahh over your amazing cooking skills if you do ;)

Questions? You can contact Shannon on facebook, email me or tweet me

Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow night!!

Cheers
Shan & Dee

Sunshine Coast Brown Owls

Hello Everyone,

Due to our extreme cyclone Maria weather, our February meeting was canceled for safety reasons. 

Our March meeting has just been arranged.

We are going to try our hand at Wire Baskets.

21st March, 2015

10:00am

A Little Creative Studio

6 Taylor Ave, Golden Beach, QLD 4551

:Cost: 

$4.00 for a bag of recycled wire

$5.00 for the class cost

Please also bring Gardening gloves, some eye protection if you like and some pairs of wire cutting pliers if you have them - more than one pair if possible. Markers if you want it to be neat. If you want a different look or have wire to hand, bring that along instead - as long as it's strong enough to support itself (you can twist wire together to make a thicker strand) and is soft enough to bend it by hand with a minor assist from pliers for tight bends. Some thinner wire can be great for accents or variety in the weave. Glass beads (make sure they fit on the wire) can be nice too. There are some beads left over from another class, and you are more than welcome to use these, although they might not fit the gauge of your wire.

We welcome everyone at our meeting, even if you are not wishing to work of the selected craft, but are bringing your own. Don't forget to mark yourself as attending on our Facebook page.

See you there!

Christine

Brisbane: Macaroon Purses

We love using up fabric scraps! 100% hand-sewn, these little purses are ultra cute gifts, perfect for storing little treasures.

 

Tuesday 10 March, 6:30-9pm
The Nest, 720 South Pine Road, Everton Park
Cost: $10 Bookings here

 

A materials list will be provided when you book!