Canberra Brown Owls - July Meet Up

Hey Brown Owls!

Gosh it's July already (only one more month of winter to go, YAY!!) and once again all the kids are back at school.  So do you remember back in February we made little needle books to get ourselves organised?  Well, now it's time to add the next  perfect little addition to your craft kit.  Let's make scissor keepers/pouches.  A few ideas you can sew without a machine (of course, if you need to bring along a sewing machine - no problem!)

Of course, feel free to bring along some of your projects - bring along your UFOs, new projects, old projects or even something new.  

Need inspiration?   

How bring and cheerful is this cute scissor pouch from 'Feeling Stitchy'?

http://www.feelingstitchy.com/2014/08/tutorial-tuesday_26.html

 Step up your embroidery with this scissor pouch from 'Sew Little Fabric' and follow the links for the downloadable pattern xx

http://sewlittlefabric.blogspot.com/2009/08/free-felt-scissor-keeper-pattern.html

A really simple Scissors Pouch for your young ones to make from Albion Guild!

http://albiongould.com/felt-scissors-pouch-diy/

And if you have enough time, why not crochet a little Scissor Keeper so you know you'll never mix up your scissors!  (note this one is a paid pattern) xx

https://www.lovecrochet.com/strawberry-scissor-keeper-crochet-pattern-by-sandra-paul

 
 Meet Up Details:

Saturday  28 July 2018

From 1pm - 4pm

RSVP over at our Canberra Brown Owls Facebook Event page

 https://www.facebook.com/events/558999914496786/

 

Venue Details:

This month we're meeting in the Community Room located at the  Belconnen Fire Station, on Bardi Place in Macquarie (or you might know it's along Bindubi Street, Aranda (not far from Jamison shops).

 
Please park in the public parking area located on the side of the Fire Station. Apologies for stating the obvious, but please do not access the fire station from their main entry.

Access to the Community Room is by a pass which we have organised. The community room also has kitchenette and bathroom facilities.

Canberra Brown Owls - June 2015

Dear Canberra Brown Owls,

Join us on a Canberra Brown Owls adventure as we explore Canberra! The next stop - The Makers Collective, Macquarie. 

This month's theme is winter (of course), so bring along your favourite wintery themed project, something warm like crochet and knitting, or your own crafty project.



BYO small plate of nibbles to share!  Cost $5 per person, payable to The Maker's Collective.


Check out all the info and RSVP at: https://www.facebook.com/events/409822175876961/.

Carolyn & Nic xx

Some wintery project inspiration:  

Winter Nest Snowflakes @ Anthology Mag

Woolly & Warm Candle Holders @ http://yourlery.com/winter-diy-decor-ideas/

Snow globes @yourlery.com

Warm Woollies over at @Jelly Wares on Marshall

inspiration :: english paper piecing

Hello Owls!

Thanks to everyone who came by the Canberra Creatives Mega Craft Day to say hi on Saturday! I had a lot of fun on the Brown Owls stall - it was lovely to see so many familiar faces, and to make some new friends too!

I really enjoyed showing some of the things we've made at our meetings over the past few years,  and to talk to people a bit about one of my current favourite crafts: english paper piecing.

 

Of course there are LOADS of tutorials online to help you get started on your english paper piecing adventure, my favourite happens to be the series Katy (I'm a Ginger Monkey blog) prepared for the Fat Quarterly blog - you can find them here.

On her blog Katy also has a really cool free pattern for a paper pieced cushion called Spring Carnival, which would be the perfect first project before committing to a whole quilt.

I was lucky enough to learn paper piecing in person from one of our very own owls, Michelle, who has taught it at a couple of Brown Owls workshops. Michelle also happens to have made my very favourite english paper pieced quilt - that's her twisted hexagons quilt hanging in last years Canberra Quilters Exhibition. You can read more about it, and see more photos, on her blog here and here.

And because I love looking at them, here are some of my favourite hexies from flickr.

1. jardins de grand-mère, 2. Grandmother's Flower Garden, 

3. Hexagon pillow, 4. Hexie party, 

5. in progress..., 6. Hexie Quilt Update 4-18-12

Of course, there's loads more inspiration to be had on flickr - check out the handsome hexies group (there are some really AMAZING pics!!)

I hope that's given you some places to go for more information, and inspiration, about english paper piecing! 

We'd love to hear from you too! 

Have you tried english paper piecing? Are you addicted to hexies? Do you know of any great tutorials or patterns we should check out and share? Have you made something lovely with english paper piecing that you'd like to show off? Pop a comment below, or shoot us an email so we can share!

Happy crafting!

ps. don't forget our next meeting will be held on Saturday 25 May, 2pm at the Downer Community Centre.