BYO Adelaide 23rd Feb

I know it's a cliche but... this year is flying by! Time to get the details out about the next meeting.

Meeting is 7 to 9:30 pm on the 23th of Feb at the Box Factory 59 Regent St South, Adelaide.

No plans for a project this week so just bring along what you are working on and we can chat and sip cups of tea.

Comment if you are coming =)

Get Ready for the Gocco Workshop!

What to print - Inspiration

Have you been thinking about what to print at the Gocco Workshop?
If you have not booked yet, you have two more days to do so! Still some spots to be had!

I had a bit of a look around and wanted to show you some nice gocco printed examples, to illustrate the different use of colour in a few different way.

First some examples of solid, one colour prints.  You can see how large solid areas get a sightly uneven effect.

Astronaut Boy by bubbledog 

 

Partridges in teal by Dee Beale

Gocco is easiest printed as a single colour print. If you want to add a variety of colour, why not print the outline and add some colour to the print later. Kate Pugsley does this with water-colour as you can see below, but you could also use pen or pencils to do something similar.

paper bag head by Kate Pugsley

 

You can use two colours in one print if you separate the colours with a little separator strip from each other. Just make sure there is enough space between the different colours. You can see an example below. The white and red ink is far enough apart to allow for a little strip to be placed between the two.

The Early Bird by moirama

Also, have a think about what paper to use. I will bring some white card, but you could also bring  kraftaper, old book pages, pages of music, different coloured papers or lined or gridded paper or anything else you can think of to create different effects.

Pascoe Vale Craftanoon

OK, so this isn't a formal Brown Owls event, but Laura who's an artist and crafter has invited us to attend her craftanoon held at her studio in Pascoe Vale.

DATE: SUNDAY 20th Feb

TIME: 1pm - 4pm

LOCATION: 99 waverley pde, pascoe vale south
(The studio it is located in the garage at the back of the house please walk down the drive)

WHAT:
We will be trying our hand at some crochet and also making some fabric bows
Some supplies will be on hand BUT it would help if you could also bring some things along for the day also:

Not all of this is essential but some ideas are....

CRAFT SUPPLIES:
Fabric Scissors
Pretty Fabric pieces
Needle and Thread
Embroidery thread

Yarn
Crochet hook
Knitting needles
Buttons or some other pretty trimmings
Clips or backings for the bows
Headbands
Superglue

AND OTHER THINGS:
Any crafty creation you have made lately (just to show off!)
A small plate of food to share
soft drink, tea and coffee is supplied

RSVP: There is a limit of 10 for this event. RSVP in the comment section only, first come first serve!

PS: Preston Brown owls meeting is happening Sunday 6th of March- Save the date

St George and Sutherland Brown Owls

THIS

Tuesday Night

15th February 2011

7pm - 10pm

Oatley Hotel - The Lounge Room

8 Oatley Avenue

Oatley NSW 2223

See you there!

Brisbane: Come along to our Meet & Greet!

(Greenie Owl by Jetta's Nest)

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

Date: Sunday 20 February 2011

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.

 

What to bring: BYO something crafty, something to show off or just bring yourself for a chit chat. A picnic blanket or chair is also a good idea and please feel free to blow us all away with your fabulous baking skills by bringing along a plate of goodies for morning tea :)

 

Please note that tea and coffee will not be available at the parklands but there are 2 great cafes where you can grab a takeaway.

The finer details: Please send your RSVP to brisbanebrownowls@gmail.com by Friday 18 February or leave a comment on this post. 

 

If you've already expressed interest in Brown Owls or you're already a member from last year an email will be sent out shortly with all the 2011 membership details.

See you there and remember, new members and friends are welcome just let us know who's coming :)

 

Sydney Brown Owls

Craft Night at Evening Star

Amigurumi Crochet

9 February

"I'd like to sup with my baby tonight

and play the pup with my baby tonight

but I ain't up to my baby tonight

cause it's too darn hot

It's too darn hot, It's too darn hot"

Cole Porter: "It's too darn hot"

I think we might all be feeling like this at the moment. With Valentine's Day just round the corner we may want to make a little something for our respective "baby" or bring back the original idea of Valentine's Day - our secret "baby". Come along and sit in air conditioned comfort and make a crocheted heart or maybe a little love bird, learn that elusive technique - magic ring or bring your favourite craft.

See you there from 5.30pm till late

Evening Star Hotel

Cnr Elizabeth & Cooper Streets

Surry Hills NSW 2010

RSVP in the comments below or at the fabulous Sydney Brown Owls Blog

Welcome Back Adelaide Brown Owls!

It's time to come back to Brown Owls - We've missed you all over the Christmas break!

For our first meet of the year we're going to have a Valentines Day project, these sweet felt envelopes for love notes or chocolate and sweets. The project is courtesy of BarksBlog - thank you!

Supplies you’ll need to bring:
- Felt (as much as you would like in whatever colours make you happy)
- Needle
- Embroidery Thread (to match your felt)
- Scissors
- Button (for each envelope you want to make)
- Paper to make a template
- Pinking Shears (if you have them – we’ll have some you can borrow on the night)

Meeting is 7 to 9:30 pm on the 9th of Feb at the Box Factory 59 Regent St South, Adelaide.

If you want to BYO craft you are more than welcome to.

Place a comment on this post to let us know if you are coming and whether you'll make the project or BYO.

Thanks! x

Canberra Brown Owls 19 February - Embroidery!

Fancy doing some stitching? It's a great way to snazzy up bibs, onesies, handkerchiefs and tea towels! Perfect for gift giving and it makes hand made stuff really special.



Our first meeting for 2011 will be held on Saturday February 19 at the Downer Community Centre in Frencham place and we will be learning how to stitch with embroidery thread, or if you know how to do that already, bring your current stitching project along! Please RSVP in the comment s box below so we know you are coming!

Here's the requirements list:

* $5 for the afternoons hall hire. Includes tea and coffee.

* a small plate of food to share for afternoon tea, only if you desire

* Something to stitch on. I suggest a plain hankie,a plain (flat fabric!) tea towel,or a onesie or plain bib.

* Some stabliser if you are using stretch fabrics such as onesies or t-shirts. Wash-away or tear away stabiliser will be fine (you can even use tissue paper!), or if you are happy for the stabiliser to be permanent bring some lightweight fusible interfacing.

* Embroidery needles. I use crewel needles, size 9. The eye has to be big enough for you to thread with embroidery floss.

* Embroidery floss in several colours.

* An embroidery hoop. If you can avoid it, don't get the cheap wooden ones from Spotlight or Lincraft. They collapse and are generally useless. Get a plastic one, or a good German wooden one from a craft shop. They are not expensive.

* Scissors

* Wash out pen, or pencil for tracing

* any stitching patterns you might like to use. Do an internet search for some freebies, or buy some online from places like Sublime Stitching. I will be bringing a lot of patterns along on the day, but you won't be able to iron transfer them on - a light box and the window will be available for tracing though!

Some free resources:

http://www.stitchingcow.com/freebies/free-stitchery-pattern

http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/QuiltCategories/FreeRedworkStitcheryPatterns.htm

http://aliciapaulson.com/Pleasant_Kitchen_Dishtowels.pdf




And the meeting time has changed! It's now 2 pm to 4 pm, and the dates for this year are:

19th February
19th March
10th April
21st May
18th June
30th of July
20th of August
17th September
22nd of October
19th of November

Make sure you put them in your diary!

Love from your prefects,
Bron, Georgie, Naomi and Michelle x

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

Mitcham Brown Owls

Hi All Owlies,

I hope the break has been good for you and Santa was very generous (Seems like a long time ago now)
Now its time to get back to crafting and we are starting the year with a Temari workshop. Julie has perfected the art of making these beautiful baubles and will instruct us, but beware, they can be addictive!

We will supply all materials for this craft, but please RSVP so we know how many to prepare for.

We also have Learn to knit and crochet, or bring your own craft.
We hope to see you there.

Lianne and Julie.

Details:

Gallery One, 1 Torrens Street Mitcham Ph 8271 4504

Tuesday 8th February 2011 7 - 9 pm
Cost Room Hire $5.
Temari kit $4.

St George and Sutherland Brown Owls - This Sunday

Come along this Sunday afternoon...

30th January 2011

2pm - 5pm
Edmonds and Greer - The Large Table
97 Mulga Rd
Oatley NSW 2223

The booking is under Brown Owls

See you there!

Sydney Brown Owls Picnic In The Park

Sydney Brown Owls are kicking off the New Year with a Picnic in the Park.

Sunday January 23

Sydney Park, St Peters (see map below)

from 11am - 2pm-ish

Bring picnic blanket, a plate of something yummy to share, something to drink and craft!

We will be gathering by the clump of trees by the main carpark

Rain: meet at Coffee and a Yarn, King Street instead

RSVP Below or on our new blog

See you there!

Brown Owls Launceston - Queensland Flood Relief

Hi Owls and Happy New Year!

Hope your silly season was great fun in the sun, while the sun lasted. Looking forward to Brown Owls meeting 1, 2011 which will be held on Tuesday February 1st at 7pm at the Design Centre in Tamar Street. The theme for the night will be making things to sell to raise money for the Premier's Flood Relief (http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/). As we are all aware, it is not such a cracking start to 2011 for our friends in Queensland. Brown Owls Launceston has been offered a stall at a market planned to run at Festivale, so we considered this a great opportunity to make and show off some cool handmade stuff and raise some funds for those Queenslanders in dire need. It would be wonderful if you could all be involved. If you can't make the meeting but would like to donate to the stall please let me know.

RSVP below if you would like to join us at the meeting.

Look forward to seeing you on the 1st!

Georgia and Gemma

Little Brown Owls

Yesterday the Nords Wharf Chapter of the Brown Owls held a kids art & craft morning at the Nords Wharf Hall.  What a great time all 20 kids had - including their parents.  Lots of sparkles, dragons eggs & boxes, paper flowers, painted matchboxes, butterflies and lino printing. Great mess and a great day.  Let's encourage creativity!

Our next Brown Owls meeting will be on Tuesday the 25th January 2011, 7-9pm at the Nords Wharf Community Hall. 
See http://www.theartydog.blogspot

St George and Sutherland Brown Owls 2011

Here we are crafting it up in the gardens of the Hazelhurst Gallery before the insects and heat drove us to Lara's house!

It was great to see everyone before Christmas and discuss (and do) craftiness! The present exchange was fun and I got an amazing gift...check it out HERE.

This week Alyce and I sorted out our dates for the first half of 2011...so mark these down in your diaries before you life gets filled up with boring non-craft related events!

Thanks to everyone who came to meetings in 2010...I have really enjoyed it and hope to see you all again...if you are a newby feel free to come along to any meetings, we always love new people and you can bring a friend if you are scared!

Meetings for January - June 2011

Sunday Afternoon
30th January 2011
2pm - 5pm
Edmonds and Greer - The Large Table
97 Mulga Rd
Oatley NSW 2223

Tuesday Night
15th February 2011
7pm - 10pm
Oatley Hotel - The Lounge Room
8 Oatley Avenue
Oatley NSW 2223

Sunday Afternoon
13th March 2011
2pm - 5pm
Edmonds and Greer - The Large Table
97 Mulga Rd
Oatley NSW 2223

Tuesday Night
19th April 2011
Oatley Hotel - The Lounge Room
8 Oatley Avenue
Oatley NSW 2223

Sunday Afternoon
15th May 2011
2pm - 5pm
Edmonds and Greer - The Large Table
97 Mulga Rd
Oatley NSW 2223

Tuesday Night
14th June 2011
Oatley Hotel - The Lounge Room
8 Oatley Avenue
Oatley NSW 2223

If you have any venue suggestions we can put them in the plan for the final 6 months!

I can't wait to get back into crafting and catch up with everyone after the holidays!