Possible Geelong Chapter; Hoo's in?!

Hello Owls!

Just a quick note to let you know that a former Melbourne Owl & Myself are looking into the possibility of a Geelong Chapter of the nicest craft group around!

Presently I'm just trying to gauge the amount of interest, so if you are in or around Geelong or know anybody who is & who might be interested please leave a comment or email me at punkysmamma (at) rocketmail (dot) com so that I will be able to keep you in the loop going forward.

Owl-ver & out! (I'm sorry. I just can't help myself.)

Cootamundra Brown Owls September Meet

We had a great first month at Cootamundra Brown Owls. We had only four people at each session but as it's only early days and didn't have much publicity happening, I think that was pretty good.

We had cake and lots of crafting and chatting.

Dorothy & Robyn crocheting 

We had people crocheting, appliqueing, beading & card making, what fun! Silly me forgot to take photos until the last minute so I only have one of these two lovely ladies at the evening session.

Next month:

Day session: Thursday 1st September 1-3pm Stephen Ward Rooms, Cootamundra library. I will be away for this session & my mother-in-law (above right) has kindly agreed to "host" for me, so go & say hi to her!

Evening session: Tuesday 6th September 6-8pm Stephen Ward Rooms, Cootamundra library.

Tea/Coffee/Hot choc & cake or other yummies will be supplied.

Both sessions will be BYO project but I can put together either an easy card making kit or easy beading kit for you & lend you my tools if you don't have something to work on. Please RSVP & state what session & what kit you'd like.
FREE.
Contact & RSVP:
Katie: 0401 741 631
sweetrustic [at] gmail.com
Brown Owls Cootamundra on Facebook
or you can always RSVP in the comments here.

Yes Folks! tomorrow is FootscrayBrown Owls born to knit event. We are looking for crafty crafters with a couple of hours spare tomorrow to join us in our knit fest for a very good cause. Whats that? I hear you say you'd love to come but you are stuck with the kids? I say BRING EM!!!! The Happy River Cafe would have to be one of the most kid friendly parental stressfree cafes happening in Melba. So there really are no excuses to pop along and say hello and knit up a storm. So check out the details below.......

This months meeting of brown owlers will be participation in the save the children 'born to knit' campaign and we are extending an invitation to ALL Brown Owls across the nation to participate in our event.

BORN TO KNIT

Save the Children want to knit 15,000 blankets & need our help!

Our blankets could help save a life. Its a fact that tragically, 8.1 million children under the age of five die every year from illness.

A blanket will help a child stay warm and feel comfy and safe. Most importantly, a blanket can help ward against pneumonia, one of the biggest killers of children under five in the developing world.

So please one and all come and join the Footscray Brown Owls in a knitfest of an afternoon to knit a square or two.

Requirements

You are asked to donate or bring your own yarn I have a small stash which Im willing to donate and would welcome for the event any donations of unwanted wool that meet the guidelines below. Im also thinking that recycled clean wool from a jumper etc should be fine also as long as it meets guidelines.

So bring your size 4 needles, your good cheer and enough for a cuppa and join us in this worthy cause.

Save the children have more details on their site.

But I have posted their guidelines below.

Guidelines for knitting your blanket:

• Please use 4mm needles
• Please use 8ply 100% pure wool
• A perfect-sized blanket is made up of 16 knitted squares
• Each square should be about 20cms x 20cms (44 stitches wide, 88 rows high)
• The final blanket size should be around 80cms x 80cms

Details of Event
DATE: Saturday, 30th of July
TIME: 2-5 pm
LOCATION: Happy Footscray River Cafe Gardens (weather permitting)
Footscray Community Art Centre 45 Moreland St Footscray

If you can give an indication if you are attending that would be really helpful.

Cheers Helen :)

PS: we dont need to sew the blankets we just need to knit the squares so even if you arent a knitter please feel free to pop along and say hello relax with some other crafty project and have a cup of coffee or a glass of sparkles..........

New Brown Owls: Cootamundra

Hi there lovely people,
I'm Katie Lowe & I'm starting a Brown Owls group in Cootamundra. Ok so for those of you who have no idea where Cootamundra is, it's on the South West Slopes in the Riverina area aka country NSW, 90kms from Wagga Wagga.

Anywhoo I don't know how many people from the area know of Brown Owls but I hope to change that soon. We will be having a day session and an evening session both once a month to suit those who work of a day & those who prefer to craft in the day.

We're lucky enough to have a free venue at the library so I'm thinking of a gold coin to cover refreshments & any photocopying templates etc. Does that sound reasonable? Thinking the first few sessions will be BYO project & then work out how & what we will do for projects after that. As I said I'm totally new to this so would love any advice you all may have.

Here's the details:

Where: Stephen Ward rooms at the library Wallendoon St, Coota.
When:
Evening sessions: 1st Tuesday of the month 6-8pm
Day sessions: 1st Thursday of the month 1-3pm

Commencing 2 & 4th August- First session BYO craft project- FREE

Refreshments: Tea/coffee & a cake or other yummy treat will be supplied

RSVP: Ph Katie: 0401 741 631 OR
Comment here OR on the
Brown Owls Cootamundra Facebook Page

Cheers, Katie.

New Tasmania Brown Owl Group

Dearest Brown Owls I am calling out to YOU yes you ,

I am extremely interested in making a Brown Owl group on the north west coast of Tasmania, I am located in Latrobe and am just putting out feelers to see if there are many people interested in attending a group in this area before I start to organise anything.

If you are interested and not close to area that the meeting might be, being held in  that need not matter we can have a changing roster so that it meets everyones needs who is interested.

I personally think that this is a tremendous opportunity to get a new group started and spread those hidden talents and learn some new ones !

Hope to here from all you owlets

Lili xx

Canberra Brown Owl Bunnies

Two whole weeks ago now, Canberra's Brown Owls got together for an afternoon of bunny crafting fun.

There were felt bunnies...


...brown bunnies...


...round bunnies...


... and round grannies!


And, as always, lovey cups of tea!


It was a great afternoon and we can't wait to get together again at our April meeting!
Please remember to RSVP on the post below

Ooh, and if you finished your bunny at home do bring it for show-and-tell - we'd love to see them!

Bron S xo

Canberra Brown Owls - 2010 meet & greet!

Hi Brown Owls!

Yesterday the Canberra Brown Owls got together for a meet and greet to kick off a new crafty year. It was lovely to see some familiar faces from last year, and super nice to see nearly as many new faces as well!

The theme this month was BYO craft, and I think it might just be my favourite theme to have - it is so inspiring to see all the wonderful things our clever Owls are making! =)

There were some very owly crafts, like these sock owls which were made from a Craft Schmaft owl kit


and this gorgeous jumper, which has little owls knitted around the collar!


We love granny squares (look at that quilt in the bottom picture too! pretty!)



and dollies!


Oooh, and just look at this birdy embroidery (birdbroidery? =))

It is the very first stitchy project by a brand new to embroidery Owl! And its so cute!! =)

Thanks so much for a fabulous afternoon, Canberra Owls!
We are VERY excited to start planning for our March meeting, which will be held on Sunday March 21, and we will be in touch with all the details soon!

xo Bron, Michelle, Georgie & Naomi! =)

Brisbane Brown Owls 2010 - Meet and Greet!

(Greenie Owl by Jetta's Nest)

Brisbane Brown Owls will be kicking off the new year with a meet and greet!

Date: Sunday 21 February 2010

Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm

Venue: We'll be meeting at Roma Street Parklands, in front of the lake. There's free parking at the Parklands or catch a bus or train to Roma Street and exit at the rear of the station. Please feel free to blow us all away with your fabulous baking skills by bringing along a plate of goodies for morning tea :)

The finer details: Please send your RSVP and/or interest in joining Brisbane Brown Owls in 2010 to brisbanebrownowls@gmail.com by Sunday 7 February. We'll then send you all the information you need to know about memberships (both full-time and casual), suggested crafts for the year and the all important dates of our meet-ups.

See you there and remember, new members are welcome :)

Canberra BYO

Hello Canberra owls!

Eeeek, what happened to October???
It's already time for our next crafty get-together!

Our next meeting will be THIS Sunday October 25 from 2 pm, at the Downer Community Centre (enter from Frencham St, Downer).

We had such a blast seeing what our clever owls get up to in their own crafty time, that we are BYO-crafting again this month, so, you should bring along what ever you fancy!

In case you're stuck for Crafty Inspiration, here are links to five of our favourite cute projects that have popped up on craftzine and whip-up lately:

fabric butterfly
corner bookmark
button & wire brooch
jewelled t-shirt
pinwheel pin

You should also bring $6 for room hire, and, if you would like, something to share for afternoon tea =D

And don't forget - if there's something from a previous meeting that you've finished at home we'd love to see it too! =D

Please RSVP in the comments, and pop any questions you have there too!

Ooh, and next month the lovely Michelle is going to show us how to applique!

xo b

Brown Owls in Mongolia: crafting near you!

Brown Owls Mongolia is meeting again tomorrow for some craft at the Woolcraft NGO. I'm also delighted to say that persistence in putting out an invite to the world to join us has actually paid off - at last, someone IS actually in the Mongolian neighbourhood and we have a couple of Finnish people joining us! Read more here. How good!
Thank you, Brown Owl of Finland!

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)

Sydney Brown Owls Meeting - Reminder

Hi Sydney girls,

Just a reminder that we have a meeting this week!

When: Thursday July 23

Where: Centre House, 178 Longueville Rd, Lane Cove (across the road from Lane Cove P.S.)

Time: 7PM-10PM

Cost: $5 for room hire (kitchen facilities available, so bring a mug!)

The theme is BYO craft and blog tips, so make sure to bring along both questions and answers!

Image from here.

We all hope to see you there!

We also have other upcoming meetings so keep your eyes peeled!

Softies at Brisbane Brown Owls

Brisbane Brown Owls had a fabulous day yesterday cutting, stitching knitting, crocheting and chatting about softies.


There was loads to show and tell including these cute guys Emma made from the Softies book. The orange ant eater softie is her own design, we hope to see more of them!


We all clucked over this little family Sandra brought along, their beautiful little faces were created with teeny tiny embroidery stitches.


Amy got straight to work on Miss Buttons, loving the choice of fabric!


Sam powered through a pile of Bloomin' Buttonhead Brooches.


Thanks ladies for the monthly fix of crafty fun!


*** For our August or September meeting Katy has offered (ok, we talked her into it) to give a Yudu Screen Printing demonstration. If you are interested in seeing how the Yudu works leave a comment to let us know. To read more about the Yudu, check out Katy's blog. ***

Launceston Brown Owls 2 - BYO

We meet again, next month, Island Owls.

Tuesday 28th July, 7.30 pm, Seworld, 88 Elizabeth Street

BYO tea cup and a plate of treats if you fancy.

Same craft time, same craft place. Bring along your own project or if you're stumped granny squares are always on. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU RSVP by leaving a comment below.

And remember to please get yourself here to sign up as an official Brown Owl if you aren't one already.

Oh ... and keep your eye on The Saturday Examiner over the next few weekends for a piece on the Handmade Revolution featuring a few of the Launceston Brown Owls.

Sydney Brown Owls - July meeting

Sydney Brown Owl's July meeting will be on Wednesday July 1 at Berkelouw Books in Leichhardt from 7-10PM.

Image from here (follow the link for the pattern to make this pillow!)

This month is BYO craft, so bring any little project that you've been working on. We will also be having a "Supplies Swap" so wrap up a little something for someone and mark what sort of supplies they are. That way, if you get something that you can't use, you can swap with someone else!

Ideas for supplies:

- needlecraft/embroidery

- yarn craft

- fabrics and sewing

- paper craft/ ephemera

- mixed bag

Please RSVP in the comments if you are coming on July 1, and if you wish to bring something to share.

Berkelouw Books

Wednesday July 1

7-10PM

Booklounge Cafe (upstairs)

70 Norton St, Leichhardt

Ph: 9560 3200

To get there by bus, you can take bus numbers: 436, 437, 438, 440. Or if anyone would like to arrange carpooling, feel free to do so in the comments section.

*Just to let you know, there will be a person there taking photographs of July's meeting. We will let you all know more about it on the night!

Tu-whit Tu-whooo! Launceston Brown Owls is Go!

Well, what a hootin' great start to Brown Owls on the island! 

 

More than 20 lovely ladies came together last night for our very first cosy evening of crafty goodness. Everyone brought their own projects - from Buffy-inspired handiwork to Jane Austen style embroidery, beautiful softies, clever quilts, funky pot-holders and even gosh-darned tricky granny squares were attacked. The tea and conversation flowed and it was worth coming, if just for the delicious tasty treats laid on by the ladies. (Thanks for the T2 tea Suze - it was lush!)

  

Thanks so much to Gabbi for providing such a warm welcoming venue on a cold island night, as well as bubbles and the most precious gift packs for all of us. 

 

Thanks most of all to you wonderful new Launny Brown Owls who came along and shared the crafty love. 

  

There is plenty more to come so stay tuned for details of our next Brown Owls craft-in.

The Launceston Prefects

Georgia, Gemma and Eve

Sydney Owl's Second Meeting: Crochet

The Sydney Owls met last week for our second get together. We had a great space surrounded by books in the upstairs area of Burkelouw Books in Leichhardt.

Corrie was very patient teaching the beginners as we all busied ourselves with crochet projects. Some Owls were already quite skilled with their hooks and some of us struggled to produce a granny square! As expected we all had a great time and enjoyed each other's company.

Thanks to our Sydney members for making our get togethers a success and something we all look forward to.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 6th may. Stay tuned for details.

RSVP - Brown Owls Perth 28 March meeting

Calling all Perth Brown Owls - RSVP for the next meeting by leaving a comment on this post by Thursday 26 March, limit of 20.

Date: Saturday 28 March

Time: 2 to 4pm

Venue: Baby Goose, 945 Beaufort Street, Inglewood.


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Tea and coffee available, $2 fee.

Bring along a current project to work on, look forward to seeing you there!

Sydney Brown Owls - April Meeting

[Image from bekahjah's flickr stream.]

Sydney Brown Owls are meeting again on April 1st. We'll be breaking out our hooks and wool this month with crochet basics. Along with our in-house experts, we hope to have Shirley and C's mom join us to help out. There could be a little knitting action too. If you'd like to join in the fun, be sure to bring a basic crochet hook and ball of yarn. As always, you're welcome to bring your own craft to work on.

Please RSVP in the comments, if we'll see you on April 1st at:
Berkelouw Books
Upstairs area
70 Norton St
Leichhardt
Telephone - 61 02 9560 3200

From the city you can take the following bus routes: 436, 437, 438, 440.
Get driving directions.

Wednesday 1st April
7pm until 10pm

Marion has setup on a Google Calendar for us which I'll be inviting you all to join. It includes details on each meeting, as well as local craft shows and sales. If you'd like to add an event to the calendar, you can let the prefects know.

Finally, (long post, I know) Lisa sent out details of our Sydney members' blogs. If you haven't received the mail, please check your spam folder. Some of the girls had a little trouble and we want to make sure everyone's getting the Sydney Brown Owls latest scoop.

Happy Crafting!

Perth Brown Owls - schedule for 2009

Howdy owly-type people. Us Prefects have gotten together and have scheduled our meetings for the rest of the year. Venue to be confirmed, time 2 to 4pm.

28 March - Easter Crafts. Bring your Easter crafty gifts along.
CHANGED, now 2 May. (previously 25 April)
30 May
27 June
25 July
29 August
26 September
31 October
28 November
12 December - Christmas Extravaganza!



Photo: totally pilfered from JessyB.