Canberra Owls stencil - step-by-step!

Canberra's Brown Owls had a fabulous time today with freezer paper stencils!

There was cutting and ironing:


painting:


drying:


peeling:


and TAAAADAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
click on any pic for a better looky

Thanks for another fun afternoon crafty Canberra owls! =)
Remember our next meeting is Sunday September 27 - we'll have more deets soon!

Bron S xo

Sydney Social Night

image from Organized Sound

Sydney Craft Social Night
Tuesday August 25th
6pm-9pm, Madison Hotel (www.madisonhotel.com.au)
(right by Central Station for public transport)

Late notice on this on, but we're all excited to get together on Tuesday night at our local CBD pub for another night of drinks, a bit of making and some good crafty chatter. We haven't themed the meetup, but there's so much good stuff to talk about like the Stitches and Craft, Warts and Spin, Craft for Markets, Craft for Art. Lots of good stuff. The pub is located right by Central Station, so if you'd like to have a bit of tipples there are safe transport options to be had! Look for us upstairs.

Hopefully we'll see you there. Please let us know if you're coming so we can save enough chairs.

Adelaide Fabric, Buttons & Embellishments Swap!

When: August 26th 7pm til 9:30pm

Where: Box Factory - Adelaide Community Centre, 59 Regent St South Adelaide

Cost: $2 donation to the Box Factory

This is a member's only event

Numbers: We have room for 27 Owls - the first 27 to RSVP after 8pm tomorrow (Friday) night are IN! This gives everyone a chance to be alerted to the meeting. You need to comment ONLY once when you RSVP with your name and initial (eg Cherry G!). Please only RSVP for one person on your comment to keep it fair.

Theme: (only if you want to take part, no pressure!) Bundle up a small package of fabric, buttons & embellishments (no bigger than 10x10cm in size). Goodies need to be of the sort of quality YOU would like to receive! Can be vintage or NEW - Up to you! (If you do wish to buy keep everything under $5) You will need to wrap your swap goodies so we can't see it (we're doing the swap lucky dip style) - wrap it in newspaper if you please.

Craft: BYO current project for after the swap. Don't have a project? No worries at all, just come along to the evening and be inspired!

Bring along your crafted creations, ‘zines and books to show off, too

See you there,

Xx Cherry, Tracey & Cathy

As with the last meeting, to be sure that everyone finds the meeting place please email us at adelaide-brown-owls@hotmail.com and we will email you back a mobile number you can call if you're lost.

Brisbane Brown Owls goes eco!

Due to unforseen circumstances six Brisbane Brown Owls braved a morning of crafting and chatting (aka gossiping) in the great outdoors!


Sandra busily stitched the morning away on an eco-friendly softie.


After much convincing Abbey finally conquered crochet in record time!


We ooohed and aaaahed over Helen's super granny square blanket and at the end of it all we were lucky enough to meet Melanie's new little owlet.

Thank you Sam, Abbey, Sandra, Melanie and Helen for a lovely morning, I think this was the most relaxing Brown Owls to date! Perfect company for a perfect day :)

And stay tuned Brisbane Owls because we also did some planning for meet ups for the rest of the year, dates coming soon!!

Canberra Brown Owls - 23 August

Freezing? Well come along to the next Canberra Brown Owls meet on Sunday 23 August, where we'll be tackling freezer paper stencils!

You'll need to bring:

• a photocopy/printout of a design you want to stencil,
• something you want to stencil on to (t-shirt, tea towel, fabric),
• a pencil for tracing the design on to the freezer paper,
• an exacto or paper cutting knife, and
• a plastic lid or some kind of paint palette
• $6 for the room hire.

For the princely sum of $3 we can provide you with a 50cm length of freezer paper, and access to fabric medium, paint (black, white, red, blue and yellow) and brushes. If you're a quilter you may already have access to your own freezer paper, or you can bring your own paints. You can buy a piece of freezer paper for $1, or some fabric medium (turns regular paint into fabric paint) for $1. Let me know if the comments if you want a the 'package' or just freezer paper.

Here are some great places to start looking for a stencil or for a bit of information about the process. Best to try something simple to start with.

http://painting.about.com/od/freestencils/tp/free-stencils.htm
http://www.kittybuttons.com/stencils/categories/nature/index.html
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/04/make_tshirt_stencils_from.html http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=140.0
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=154651.0

Look forward to seeing you there - Sunday 23 August at 2.00 at the Downer Community Centre. Leave your RSVP or any questions in the comments.

Screech (Naomi)

Melbourne - Monday 24th August - Stitched and Printed Hanky Panky

image via WeeBirdy

Hello Owls!

Our next Brown Owls event will be Embroidered and Printed Hankies! Inspired by this and Hankie Queen Gemma Jones, we'll be experimenting with Gocco printing some plain and printed Hankies (and fabric too!) - and we'll be embroidering some hankies!

When : Monday 24 August - 7.30pm until 9.30pm (a slightly later start) - NOT this coming Monday - we have a bye then.
Where : Fitzroy Learning Network - REAR entrance - 6 Wood St, Fitzroy
How Many : 20 members (this is a members only event)
Cost : It will cost $10 - to cover globes, screen, ink and hankies.
Plus : I will provide floss, needles, scissors and loan hoops for embroidery.
Drinks : Tea and coffee is on the house!

Optional - Bring drinks to share and snacks if you want to.
Optional -Bring some extra squares of light coloured fabric to make extra prints if you would like to! Or extra hankies that you might have. We'll be printing in BLACK ink.
Optional - a swap if you would like to - a wrapped up package of things from your house/stash that you don't need, but that someone else might like!

RSVP - from now on this post. Please note - I have to buy/make lots of hankies for this - please don't RSVP if you won't come - as I'll have catered for you and be out of pocket. I hope you understand. xx

Brown Owls Mongolia

Felting and knitting continues in Ulaanbaatar! A bit light on photographic evidence this time but here is one of the final products: a bird bag (finishing touches after our last visit to Ayush at the Woolcraft NGO for some feltmaking). Next time, either/and/or papier mache or back to Ayush for some wool dying and spinning!

Brisbane Owls RSVP for Sunday!

Brisbane Owls: It's time to RSVP again!

Date: Sunday 16 August

Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Venue: Same as the last meeting. Recreation Room in Building 7 of Roma Street Parklands Apartments, Parkland Blvd, Brisbane. The Rec Room is on the ground floor of building 7. Building 7 is the end apartment block furthest away from the City. There is plenty of parking at the Parklands or if coming by public transport catch the train/bus to Roma Street and take the Parklands exit at the back of the station.

BYO Craft
NB: The yudu demonstration has been postponed for a later meeting.

Tea and coffee provided.

Feel free to show off your baking skills by bringing a plate for morning tea :)

Please RSVP by leaving a comment on this post by Thursday 13 August.

See you then!

Launceston Owls: L- I -N-O Let's Go!

This month we are taking on the art of the lino cut.

If you would like to take the lino challenge  please bring lino, cutters, rollers and paper or fabric to print on and we'll all throw in $2 for ink. 

BYO project instead if you'd rather.

Leave a comment to RSVP and let us know if you will be joining us in the lino-cut adventure.

Monday August 24th at 7.30pm at Seworld, 88 Elizabeth Street.

Bring along your own cup and a tasty treat if you can.

See you there!

Mongolian Brown Owls to meet again!

Tomorrow night (Tuesday 11 August) at 7pm, the Mongolian Brown Owls will meet up for some summertime craftiness. Call me (Amy) on 999 50124 if you're in the Ulaanbaatar 'hood and would like to join us!

STOP PRESS - Tonight's Melbourne Meeting

Hi gals - the back door that we use at the Fitzroy Learning Network is jammed shut! We need to use the FRONT room and the FRONT door. There will be a note on the door for those that don't see this - but just in case you do, you now know!

Fitzroy Learning Network
198 Napier St
Fitzroy VIC 3065

Right near the Napier Hotel!

xx

looky looky, i'm in a booky.

hello owls,

i felt a bit special on wednesday, and not just because i was wearing my cool op-shop shoes.

i went to the launch of 'handmade in melbourne'! 

john brumby did a speech, and i saw some B grade celebrities, like Huey the chef. I even spotted some C grade celebrities, like that comedian, the one with the fringe. There were free drinks, and some pretty displays from a few people featured in the book. My favourite was an arm chair upholstered in touristy tea towels.

if you happen to come across one of these babies in a bookstore, flick to pg.117 because i'm in there too!

anyway, i was wondering if there are any other owls in the book? leave me a comment so i can read about you too and be proud.

i hope i get to come to a meeting soon, i've been so busy doing placements for uni all over the shop! i especially want to get in on this package swapping business- who even needs christmas?

until then,

kim

x

Melbourne Meet - Monday 10th August - 7pm - Pack, Snack, Swap and Make

Where - Rear of Fitzroy Learning Network - enter via 6 Wood St (NOT the front entrance!)
When - Monday 10th August, 7pm til 9.30pm - we ran a bit late last week and it was nice!
Who? - 20 spots available - RSVP from now on this post (no need to wait!)
What -

1. Stash Swap - pack up a bundle of things to swap on the night - they should be things you already have at home - don't buy anything new! Wrap them up into a package to put on the swap table.
2. Pack - we'll be packing the brand-new-fresh-from-the-printers Handmade Help recipe books to send out to those who pre-ordered it! We need help!!
3. Snack - bring a snack to share - and wine if you would like to! We will provide tea and coffee!
4. Make - bring some crafting to go on with (or just come and pack and chat if you like!)

Sydney Stitchalong...

At Sydney Brown Owls last night, a couple dozen owls tackled embroidery. No one stepped up to call themselves an expert, but the colours in their embroidery boxes and the needlework in front of them told another story... As we collectively left our memory cards at home, I only have two photos to share. Photos from the moment that everyone left the table... Poor timing, I know. Maybe Jess can post a few more from her camera's internal memory? (see edit)

The Sydney chapter has a busy month ahead of us. The Stitches and Craft show promises to be a real gem. If you're visiting from out of town, you'll find fellow owls at The Red Thread and Shelbyville stands. Our mid-August Lane Cove meeting happens smack-bang in the middle of the show. Details on that soon. Then we're on again for early September in Leichhardt. There's even talk of another bar meet and a fieldtrip coming soon. Hope we see you there!

*Edit - 7/8/09 @ 10:27PM I've just added a few more pics to Amy's original post. Sorry about the quality of photos, I'm still working out my camera!

Adelaide Owls unite again on 12th of August!!

Picture taken from sofiakatariina's flickr

When: August 12th 7pm til 9:30pm
Where: Box Factory - Adelaide Community Centre, 59 Regent St South Adelaide
Cost: $2 donation to the Box Factory

This is a member's only event

Numbers - We have room for 27 Owls - the first 27 to RSVP after 8pm tomorrow (Friday) night are IN! This gives everyone a chance to be alerted to the meeting. You need to RSVP on this post with your name and initial (eg Cherry G!). Please comment ONLY once (any other queries email us direct!) - please only RSVP for one person on your comment to keep it fair!

We haven't picked a theme for this meet so bring along your current project. Don't have a project? No worries at all, just come along to the evening and be inspired!

Show and Tell is happening again too - feel free to bring along your craft books and magazines :)

A BIG thank you to those owls who bring along supper each meet. We appreciate your baking awesomness :P

As with the last meeting, to be sure that everyone finds the meeting place please email us at adelaide-brown-owls@hotmail.com and we will email you back a mobile number you can call if you're lost.