St George and Sutherland Brown Owls

 

 

Thanks to every one who came along on Sunday!

It was great to catch up while the rain poured down outside!

Our next meeting is our Christmas Party!

Date: Sunday 11th December 2011

Venue: Hazelhurst Gallery 782 Kingsway, Gymea NSW 2227

(we will meet in the cafe)

Time: 2pm - 5pm

BYO Craft, small plate of food, and a crafty gift (up to $20 in value) if you want to take part in the great Christmas present swap!

See you there!

MITCHAM BROWN OWLS

Our logo designed by Jo Schofeild




Hi there Owlies,

Here we are with our last class of the year looming! This will be a bring along your own work session.
To celebrate the end of the year, would every one like to bring a small plate to share, and also, for something a bit interesting, how about bringing a piece of vintage or antique clothing to show off and talk about?

I've got a pair of bloomers from about 1900 and an Astrakhan stole from the 1940's!

I'll bring some champagne and juice too.

We'll look forward to seeing you!

Lianne and Julie

Where: Gallery One 1 Torrens Road Mitcham PH: 8272 4504

When: Saturday November 19th 1.30 to 4.00 pm

Cost: $5. room hire.

Southside Brown Owls!!!

Hey all!

It is all about heading to Brown Owls at Windsor Deli this month and bringing your UFO's or making a softie for the Mirabel Foundation!

Where: Windsor Deli - 33 Hornby Street Windsor 

When: 10th November

Time: 7pm onwards

Bring: whatever you like! 

Shannon is bringing along printed copies of Jess's Morris the Panda amigurumi if you want to have a crack at doing that, or you can have a look over here for more information!

Can't wait to see you all!

Make sure you chuck your name in the comments section to let me know you are going to be there! :)

Brisbane Meet Up: Crochet Circle and Interactive Knitting Installation

Brisbane Owls: It's time to get your craft on for a huge day of creativity at the BrisStyle Indie Eco Market!


We're so excited to announce that Brown Owls has the opportunity to craft away at the next BrisStyle market! We'll have two marquees and tables set up and a full program of crafting goodness as well as some yummy handmade shopping at the market! Anyone is welcome to join in the crafty fun at the Brown Owls marquee on the day so feel free to bring along your friends and loved ones.

Date: Saturday 12 November

Time: 9am-2pm (see below for specific program times)

Venue: BrisStyle indie Eco Market, St Augustine's Church Hall and Grounds, Racecourse Road, Hamilton.

PROGRAM:

9-11am :: Crochet Circle with Kate Allan

Join Kate Allan of dash robin in a crochet circle. She will demonstrate some simple crochet techniques and show how to make a flower for a hair clip, brooch or decoration. 

"I have been creating distinctive eco friendly crochet accessories for over five years and have taught crochet for community festivals and events across Brisbane including Saviours of the lost arts and Close knit. I am branching out into dyeing my own yarns using local plant based materials and non-toxic dyes to create environmentally friendly uniquely coloured wools. As well as joining the crochet circle l'll be debuting a small range of hand dyed merino/angora/mohair yarns for the first time at the BIECO!"

Kate will be available throughout the full day for those who would like to continue their crochet into the afternoon.

11am-2pm :: Knitting installation 'Landscapes of Resilience' with Chrys Zantis

Brisbane artist Chrys Zantis will grace our Brown Owls meet up with her famous interactive Knitting installation, Landscape of Resilience. Chrys will bring needles and hooks, threads, fabric and wool of all colours. Join in any time between 11am-2pm  and knit and sew with Chrys and reflect on your inner resilience.


There's loads of other crafty workshops and activities happening on the day, you can check out all the details here and on the BrisStyle blog.


Feel free to also BYO craft and pop in for a natter. We'll have our usual Brown Owls stash of extra yarn, fabric, thread, hooks and hoops available on the day and Sam and Rebecca will be around to answer any crafty questions or help with your current crafty project.



Tea and coffee can be purchased on the day from the local cafes on Racecourse Road. Feel free to show off your baking skills by bringing a plate for morning or afternoon tea :)

No need to RSVP for this one but if you have any questions or would like advice on the day with anything crafty please leave a comment on this post or email brisbanebrownowls@gmail.com.  

Look forward to seeing you then!

Brunswick Brown Owls are meeting tonight! Softies for Mirabel or UFO

Brunswick Brown Owls- meet tonight!!

BYO Softies for Mirabel or UFO

Hello Owlies!

We are meeting again this evening and we want to see you!!

Bring your Softies for Mirabel or any work in progress, and come and meet the gang or say hello again!

When: Tonight, from 7pm

Where: Sporting Club, Weston St, Brunswick.

(Opposite Barkly Square)

Softies for Mirabel is a wonderful organisation and you can find out more here http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/2011/09/softies-for-mirabel-foundation.html

Come and say hi! Eat tapas! Have a cheap cocktail and chat with lovely ladies!

Love and stuffing,

Maggie Pie

PS. If you want to keep up with lots of tips and fun things that we do, join our facebook group and be a part of the joy!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/185966164781259/

Launceston Brown Owls: November Meeting: Kiva Quilt or WIP

Good Afternoon Launceston Owlets

The parliament is sitting again this month. There will be more Quilting for Kiva,the quilt squares we have so far are fabulous! But we need a few more, so please bring along any squares you have on the go or come on along and get one started. Or if patches are not your bag, please bring along any work-in-progress that you fancy.

When: Tuesday 8 November, 7-9pm

Where: Nanna's Cafe, 7 Coulter Court, Launceston (Park outside by driving down driveway next to Toyworld off York Street, OR Park in Brisbane Street and walk through arcade)

Refreshments available for purchase.

As before, all details and specs for the quilt squares can be found at the original blog post here

http://brownowls-members.blogspot.com/2011/07/launceston-brown-owls-quilt-for-kiva.html

Kiva is a wonderful organisation and a very worthy charty providing loans to start up business, loans that change lives. You can find out more here http://www.kiva.org/

RSVP with a comment below.

Newbies very welcome. And if you haven't been for a while we would love to have you back again. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Come on, you know you want to!

Georgia and Gemma

St George and Sutherland Brown Owls THIS SUNDAY!

Come along for some coffee and some craft...we can discuss Christmas Crafts and our Christmas Party....and talk Softies for Mirabel...and anything else you've got going on!

Sunday 6th November 2011


2pm - 5pm

Buzzbar Cafe - 22 Morts Rd. Mortdale - Sydney!

Newbies and Oldies Welcome!

See you there!!

Hobart Brown Owls October Gathering

Calling all Hobartians! We'd love to see you along to our October Gathering THIS SATURDAY!! Bring along any projects you are working on, or start something new! Perhaps you might like to make a Softie for Mirabel? Or learn something completely new and exciting! We have people who can sew, knit, embroider, crochet, spin, felt, print, dye etc. in our midst, so bring along the tools and ask for a hand if you'd like to learn a new skill! 

Where: The little cottage in the playground, Batchelor Way, Taroona. 

When: 1.30-4.30pm 

Here's what is supplied: A kettle, tea, milk, honey and sugar... Here's what you need to bring: Something crafty to work on, a cup to drink from, special drinks if you like (soy milk, coffee, super fancy tea...), and maybe a plate of afternoon tea to share? Some gluten free options would be welcome, I'm sure. We'll need a contribution of $2, to cover venue hire. Any surplus funds will be put into a kitty to cover weeks where attendance is low. The hall has been booked for the last Saturday of each month. We have booked 3hrs which should allow time for settling in and packing up as well as lots of time to chat and craft. Children are welcome, so long as they don't hinder the creative crafty time of other members. There is ample playground space for them to wander safely :)

See you then! xx

PS. You can find us here if you'd like to find out more

Brown Owls Melbourne 3000, November meet

Howdy!

I do hope you can come along to our November meet ~ on Monday 7th November, do please pop it in your diary.

I think we'll do BYO project, but if you need some inspiration, here are a couple of ideas (please note - neither are particularly crochet orientated! wow, unusual for me I know):

Softies for Mirabel - softies of the goodness kind - http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/2011/09/softies-for-mirabel-foundation.html

Penguin jumpers - for knitters and penguin lovers - http://laughingsquid.com/worldwide-call-for-knitters-to-make-sweaters-for-penguins-affected-by-2011-new-zealand-oil-spill/

Here are the details:

when: Monday 7th November 2011
at: 6.30 - 9pm
where: The Parlour, Madame Brussels, level 3, 59-63 Bourke St, Melbourne 3000
bring: BYO craft project of your choice
cost: no fee for attendance but you may like to purchase a drink or a delight from the Madame Brussels menu, by way of a thankyou for room usage
RSVP: in the comments section below please - indicating your name eg. Sue H

Thanks once again, to Pip and Shannon for hosting the October gathering whilst I was sickly.

Will be lovely to see you. Dont forget to RSVP in the comments below, with your name.

sue x

ps. Make sure you also put our Christmas gathering in your diarys - Tues 13th December, possibly for a super festive bauble-a-go-go night

Geelong Group Starting Soon!

 

First meeting of the Geelong Brown Owls coming up, let us know if you'll be joining us over here!

Adelaide Owls :: Gift Tag Fun

Hi Adelaide Owls

Seeing as it's going to be present season soon I thought we could have a night of making some sweet gift tags

Where? The Box Factory, Regent Street South, Adelaide.

When? This Wednesday 26th October at 7pm.

I'll bring along some fun things for us to use and if you could too that would be great. Anything pretty that you think of, ribbons, card, lace, buttons, beads, hole punchers, fabric, felt, even needles and thread - all welcome!

Plus other useful things: rulers, scissors, lead pencils & glue sticks

If someone could bring their hot glue gun that would be fantastic!

Comment here to let us know you are coming.

Preston Brown Owls Meeting

Maybe it was the knitting, maybe it was the company or maybe it was the brownie but I completely forgot to take any photos of our October meeting!

So imagine if you will, the round table at Pearl Oyster, teacups, cake plates and hives of industry. Keti, fabulously pregnant with only seven weeks to go, was crocheting up a storm on her second baby blanket, this one a homage to her beloved's football team.

Ann-Margaret was working away on blue/gray garter scarf with stripey ribbon yarn ends. By the time she left, she was but a telly episode away from FINISHING! Just in time for next winter.

Kathryn reached the armholes on her ribbed sweater and I was plodding through cables and slip stitches for a cardigan that will also be ready for next winter.

Holly brought a magic carpet of mending, transporting us all back about thirtyish years, with her patched restoration of the family Puggle.

The instant I saw it, I was back in Toyworld in Karingal Hub Shopping Centre in some sort of forest scene set up, loads of Puggles and a lot of thwarted desire. I never got one and forgot them entirely until Brown Owls Meet.

Our next regular meeting is

Sunday November 20 2-4pm

Pearl Oyster 114 Miller St, Preston

free but buy a cuppa for the Pearl

reply in comments or email me if you are coming

We also have an extra special meeting coming up at GJs Discount Fabric store in Brunswick for those of you who love your sewing machines or who wish to love a sewing machine. Check out their shop http://www.gjsdiscountfabrics.com.au/.
Here are the details for our meeting

Saturday November 5 12.30 - 3.45pm

GJs Fabrics 443 Lygon Street, Brunswick

$5.00

reply in comments or email me if you haven't let me know already

We will be meeting in the upstairs sewing room at GJ's - it is light and airy and has lots of tables and even tea and coffee stuff. If you are coming you need to bring your own sewing machine if you have one. BYO sewing project and materials are available to purchase downstairs in the fabric shop. I will be running a little tutorial on making a zip purse.

If you would like to make one of these you will need

• 16cm-17cm skirt zip
• approximately 2 x 20cm square piece of cotton fabric for the outside
• approximately 2 x 20cm square piece of cotton fabric for the lining

Please bring all your own scissors, pins etc for your projects if you have them - I will bring stuff for beginners.

See you soon

Canberra Brown Owls Freezer Paper stencils

It's stencil time again!

*Please note this month's meeting is on SUNDAY, not Saturday. The DCC have double booked us so we have had to change to Sunday 23 October.

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

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 us 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.stencilry.org/stencils/
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=140.0
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=154651.0
Check out out results last time... 2009
And try using the image function to search Google for possible stencil images too.


Look forward to seeing you there - Sunday 23 October at 2.00pm at the Downer Community Centre. Leave your RSVP or any questions in the comments, and let us know if you need supplies. Don't forget - $5 for the room hire and a plate of something yummy to share if you're so inclined!
 

MELB OUTER EASTERN SUBURBS BROWN OWLS

MITCHAM BROWN OWLS

Our logo drawn by Jo Schofield.



Hi there Owlies,

It seems like long time since the last time we got together, and definitely time for some more crafty creations.

We've got another 'bring along your own work' meeting, so bring along anything you have finished to show off as well as your current projects!

We will also have learn to knit and crochet available.

We'll look forward to seeing you there.

Julie and Lianne.

The Details:

Where : Gallery One, 1 Torrens Street Mitcham. Ph 82724504.

When : Saturday the 22nd October 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm.

Cost : Once of joining fee $10. room hire per class $5.