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Emily Hessell

@hessellmakes

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My name's Emily and I make balls by @hessellmakes

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a month ago

I was commissioned by @westernaustralia to make 6 balls for teams in Perth at the Women’s Asian Cup @wacaus2026

4/6 teams that were made balls qualified for the #FIFAWWC Brazil 2027 and 100% of the teams in the final were made a ball… Coincidence or maybe a lucky charm? by @hessellmakes

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7 months ago

The tournament truchet tile ball.
Inspiration for this ball came from @toofbush , @thatsewnicole , @sunshinedesignsdollar and @matildas.

Can’t wait for the @wacaus2026 to start on Sunday in Perth!!

The softest white kangaroo leather out there from @packerleather taken in Perth, Western Australia by @hessellmakes

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8 months ago

Quite randomly this is one of my all time favourite songs and these are an assortment of my favourite balls by @hessellmakes

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4 days ago

Here's some bits and pieces from September.

Custom star ball for @byclmstudio, ball math for a new ball, the Arnold, made a camera bag and the splat ball and always stitching, stitching and stitching. by @hessellmakes

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14 days ago

Making a panel for a 32 panel football from thread offcuts from the last year of balls by @hessellmakes

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18 days ago

My favourite balls of 2026 (so far)

#football by @hessellmakes

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19 days ago

The 'splat' ball 🫟🫟

Made from the some of the softest white kangaroo leather from @packerleather by @hessellmakes

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a month ago

A bright and colourful ball for my favourite princess stinky bum (my niece) by @hessellmakes

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2 months ago

I filmed the first day of making the offcut batch of balls, there is a ton of prep work when everything is a funny shape but that's what makes offcuts interesting. by @hessellmakes

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2 months ago

The finished balls.

12 balls within a month, 8 balls in 6 days. Way too many stripes to count.

Just a few ballers holding some Hessellmakes balls.

The start (very organised)

and very close to the finish (absolute chaos)

and the recovery scores from a massive week of stitching. taken in Perth, Western Australia by @hessellmakes

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2 months ago

10 balls, the offcut batch. Coming soon. by @hessellmakes

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2 months ago