Wednesday 25 May 2011

Saviours of The Lost Arts

Are you CRAFTY? We need your HELP!

The Brisbane craft celebration, Saviours of the Lost Arts, is back and we need help from crafty persons! We want to make this year’s program bigger, brighter and better than ever and to do that we need to get lots of crafty people to share their skills and love of craft. We need donations of small crafted items and donations of your time to come and craft in public. If this sounds like you, read on….
YES, I CAN MAKE IT TO KING GEORGE SQUARE ON WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE TO DO CRAFT IN PUBLIC!

Great! If you knit, crochet, tatt, stitch, loom … as long as you can do your craft sitting on a cosy lounge, we want you to be part of our live craft installation. We’ll have couches, chairs and rugs on which you can sit, chat and do your craft in full view of the general public. We want to convert as many Brisbanites to craft as we can in one short day. If you can drop in to the square for an hour or so between 8am-4pm, let us know via email: sotla@brisbane.qld.gov.au or if it gets to the day and you find you can come, just turn up with your craft in hand!

JOIN US FOR MORNING TEA! WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE

We want to say thank you to all the crafters that make Brisbane so vibrant. Be our guest for Morning Tea in the Craft Fair Tea Garden in King George Square at 9.30am, Wednesday 1 June. RSVP sotla@brisbane.qld.gov.au

OH NO, I CAN’T MAKE IT ON THAT DAY

Never mind! If you can’t make it on the day you can still have a little piece of you in King George Square. We are calling out for donations of small crafted items to include in our decoration of King George Square. We would specifically like:
•             Any kind and any size of flowers (crochet, knitted, stitched, paper etc)
•             Triangular shapes (around 15cm sides) to use as bunting (crocheted, knitted, stitched, paper etc)
Donations can be dropped off at the following locations by May 31:

Tangled Yarns | Studio A / 9 Chester Street, Newstead,  4006
Opening hours: Mon, tues, wed, fri – 9:30am - 5:30pm, thurs 9:30am - 8:00pm,
sat 9:00am - 4:00pm, sun 10:00am - 2:00pm

Threads and More | Shop 7, 637 Sherwood Road, Sherwood, 4075. 
Opening hours: Monday - Sunday: 9am – 4pm

Bleeding Heart Gallery and Café | 166 Ann St, City
Opening hours: Monday – Friday 7.30am – 5pm

These crafty donations will be installed for the Craft Fair and then available for passers by to collect as mementos of our craft celebration.

YES, I CAN VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF THE COMMUNITY CRAFT BASICS WORKSHOPS AND SHARE MY SKILLS!

Sign up as a volunteer at one of our community ‘crafty basics’ workshops. People will turn up to learn the basics of knitting, crochet and sewing. Bring knitting needles, crochet hook or needle and thread and share what you know or just come along in craft in good company.

Become a craft saviour! If you can make it to any of the below workshops email us at sotla@brisbane.qld.gov.au

Crafty Basics for Busy Bees – Brisbane Central
Thursday, June 02, 2011 | 6-7.30pm
Bleeding Heart, 166 Ann St, City

Crafty Basics – Brisbane North
Saturday, June 04, 2011 | 10am-12pm
BCC Library CHERMSIDE

Crafty Basics – Brisbane South
Sunday, June 05, 2011 | 10am-12pm
BCC Library GARDEN CITY

Crafty Basics – Brisbane East
Friday, June 10, 2011 | 3.30pm-5.30pm
BCC Library WYNNUM

Crafty Basics – Brisbane West
Saturday, June 11, 2011 | 1pm-3pm
BCC Library INDOOROOPILLY

GET ALONG TO WORKSHOPS, MAY 31 – JUNE 12
Don’t forget to book in for workshops and reinvigorate your creativity. There are some great workshops on offer.

SPREADING THE WORD
Tell your friends and family about the workshop program and the Craft Fair. The more the merrier we say!
Use this link to view the whole program: http://bit.ly/saviours
OR go to: www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/live
OR pick up a booklet at your local BCC Library
OR request a booklet by emailing sotla@brisbane.qld.gov.au

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