Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Shop Selling Scarves, Hats & Gloves I bought the hat, and the scarf, sold separately, from St Luke's. The series of shops raises money for hospices. Cost of the Hat and Matching Scarf The items both cost £1, so £2 for the pair. The Label - F and F I found the scarf first and quite liked the pale pastel rainbow. It  might match  raincoats or jackets in both pale pink and pale blue. It would also add jollity to black or white.  But I usually go for brighter colours. Besides, the tassels were a bit bedraggled. The scarf had no label. I hesitated. Where was it from? Then I saw the matching beanie hat. Hurray. A set!  What's more, the hat had a label. The heading of the top of the double layer label inside the hat said F & F. Who was that? A supermarket, I was sure. Which one? Not Sainsbury. I recently realised that the manufacturer or seller puts their company name and address at the end of the label. Way down, beyond the ten language instructions on how t...

  Angela Lansbury wearing a warm beanie hat and sewn on scarf. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury.  Primark pink beanie hat. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Scarf hand sewn onto beanie hat. Slot created by folding one end of scarf over another. Photo by Angela Lansbury. How To Sew A slot In A Scarf M first thought was that a slot is created by cutting a slit in the fabric. A slot in the left side wide enough for the right hand side of the scarf fabric to lay flat would cut the left hand side piece in two. The left hand side was hanging down when I lifted the right hand side. How about foldinng it up? You could not sew it up both sides of the left as that would stop the right pulling through. How about just a centimetre or two of firm stitching? That worked. I wanted to be sure the slot was wide enough. The end you thread through could be rolled up but I thought it would look neater laid flat. I have seen similar items, ranging from about six pounds and fifty pence on Amazon, not white,...

 RSPB, the Royal Society  For the Protection of Birds has a lot of bird themed gifts for yourself of bird lovers. Hats. This is my favourite. Red. Ribbed. Cute. The same design in camel or cofffee brown. A neutral countryside colour. Inconspicuous. Goes with everything. A short sleeved tee shirt for summer. A flock fo birds. All colours. To match black or anything. Brightens up black. With a black skirt, trousers (Americans say pants). See the shopping page on their website and order from there. i signed up for their bird watch in spring a couple of years agao, and now I get handy updates including their clothes and gifts and Christmas cards. Bags. More USA Website After seeing these, I decided to search the USA. I was glad I did. I found a website with all kinds of wild wilderness creates, from ducks, and butterflies to crocodiles. New items. and preworn which they call vintage, not end of lines but preowned and worn as seen onsite. The American website, Bird Collective, has ...

 My husband bought a beanie hat. it was expensive. it cost 25 dollars in galeries Lafayette in Beziers France, on holiday. In two days he had lost it. My beanie hats keep sliding off my head. that is a nuisance. I am constantly picking them up off the floor.  What can you do? Elastic and Ribbons Sew on elastic. Sew on two ribbons to tie. behind your hair at the nape of the neck. Buy hat elastic. Where from? Look in a shop such as the notions department in a department store such as John Lewis in London. Check out Spotlaight in Singapore, DAISO worldwide. Scarves Sew on a scarf. to look right it should ith match in colour, or fabric, ideally both. If you cannot co-ordinate complementary colours, add a constrast. Black and white. Or match your socks o shoes or jacket. Or your hair colour or eye colour. Or lipstick. Of bag and belt. I sewed a green scarf onto a rainbow scarf. The green scarf label is Made in Italy. United colors of Benetton.  I think I bought it when there w...