- Hayley Angell -
  • SPEAKING
  • INSTA
  • LFFF
  • PODCAST
  • Contact

Hello, Possums!

My funny (tight-arsed) Valentine...

14/2/2016

1 Comment

 
Picture
Happy Valentine's Day lovely person.
I would absolutely hate Valentine's Day if I wasn't such a soppy sucker. V Day is really just an an excuse to conduct myself with the kind of dreamy suggestiveness I wish I had the stamina to pull off every day  (most  days I fail even to shower). Lisa and I have a couple of traditions when observing this, the most cringey of holidays...

Read More
1 Comment

WHAT A BUNT...ing tutorial worth reading

10/2/2016

1 Comment

 
Picture

Skill level: Beginner
Time: 
​1 hour

I know, I know - you're completely over bunting. Now more rampant than rats, rabbits and Cher impersonators combined, I get that this post is coming in 3-5 years too late.  I'm stubbornly sharing it here for two reasons:
  1. I bloody love bunting
  2. I once purchased a lovely string of bunting, only to realise - not three weeks later upon picking up  needle and thread - that it is easier to make than a sandwich (my general reference point for life). Yes, I'm still miffed.

Read More
1 Comment

Unrealistic Sewing Goal #2: The Handmade Christmas

13/11/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
I’m putting it out there.  Every year I make the same hollow vow - no, not the one promising to cut chips and gravy from my diet (I know no one actually expected me to stick to that one)… the OTHER one – the one vowing to a handmade Christmas.  Bespoke gifts hand-sewn and wrapped with love, delicious treats lovingly baked and presented in perfectly adorned clip-top jars, a tree strewn with beautifully eclectic decos and a table laden with sumptuous food set amongst the sort of lush garlands and vintage-inspired place settings that exist only on Pinterest.

Read More
0 Comments

3 things I learned from sewing my first commercial pattern

9/9/2014

2 Comments

 
Picture
I recently knocked up this little beauty as my first ever foray into the world of commercial patterns.  Not bad, eh?? I was shocked beyond belief that what emerged from the nightmare of fabric scraps and tangled cotton sprawled across the floorboards of several rooms (sorry babe) was a real, wearable piece of clothing that mildly resembled a garment one might actually pay for.

Read More
2 Comments

FUN and funny - what's not to love about sewing?

2/9/2014

5 Comments

 
Picture
Anyone following this blog will already appreciate it is much less about the actual function of sewing and a whole lot more about me trying my hand at something new. To put it in Microsoft Word terms, you could ‘find and replace’ the term “sewing” with pretty much any pursuit imaginable and (save for the bits about interfacing, selvedges and twin needles) the posts would make something resembling near-perfect sense (likely even more in some cases. Especially if the word was "jelly-wrestling"). So, why sewing? 

Read More
5 Comments

Unrealistic Sewing Goal #1: Caroline’s Wedding Dress, PART ONE

6/7/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
 Recently my quintessentially lovable friend Caroline dropped the ultimate bombshell for any aspiring-but-still-at-the-completely-hopeless-stage seamstress.  You see, Caroline is getting married.  In fact, she is marrying a Brazilian in Brazil at the height of the Brazilian summer. Devastatingly I am unable to be there so, of course, I would love to do something to be involved in the day in my own little way. Despite all of this, nothing prepares you for that text: “I’ve got an idea for a wedding dress…”  *gulp*

Read More
0 Comments

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Follow
    Picture

    ​The detail...

    A big dollop of love from my finger tips to your screen (I promise that's not as creepy as it sounds).  xx

    ​Categories

    All
    Big Girls Guide
    Glorious Food
    Handmade Love
    Life (and Stuff)
    Munchings & Musings
    Tutorials
    Vintage Style
    Weddings

    Archives

    April 2018
    November 2017
    July 2017
    December 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014

    RSS Feed

Connect with me:     

  • SPEAKING
  • INSTA
  • LFFF
  • PODCAST
  • Contact