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ch 2011 i tried moving more when i started running using the couch potato to 5k programme highly recommended by the way i could see my body changing but i wasn t losing weight so i moved a lot more i did hooping cardio tennis ballroom dancing all great fun but the scales still didn t budge the penny was starting to drop so i added in some eating less you know the kind of thing cutting out sugary snacks eating less fat yada yada my portions remained the same and you ve guessed it the scales didn t budge so i eventually joined weightwatchers and the scales finally started to oblige don t believe the weightwatchers advertising puff believe me if you do weightwatchers you will know that you are on a diet for the first 4 months i was hungry for 19 hours every day truly but eventually i got used to eating so much less and now only feel hungry at the normal times and i have only 7lbs left to go to reach my ultimate dreams come true target i guess what i m trying to say here is that losing a lot of weight is a serious commitment to make it s especially hard to do when you have small children because it involves making time for yourself this is not trivial you have to be selfish even a 30 minute run never takes only half an hour if you don t want injuries you have to warm up and cool down the time all adds up and we all know that mothers of young children do not have time to spare and this is where i do have a magic solution to offer and that is jillian michael s 30 day shred nayy this is a flipping brilliant dvd for the reluctant or time starved exerciser it takes just under 30 minutes to do including stretching and as long as you take the dvd out of the sleeve put it in the dvd player and follow jillian s instuctions it really will work or at least it did for me not on its own i like to vary my exercise regime so as to reduce boredom and injuries but when you need a short burst of indoor exercise jillian s 30 minute workouts are the business not least because they helped me to realise that exercise can be fun i know lots of mums who run i suppose i can see why it s free and it s effective but by golly it s dull i never really took to it the good news is that there are lots of other forms of exercise that are nearly free and much more exciting for example i do taekwon do with james so we get some family time while working out it also helps his coordination and confidence so we all win zumba is great fun and very social and not hugely expensive either ballroom dancing won t get me thin but it s fun to do so why not my husband has lost 3 1 2 stone using a stationary bike now that is dull but it s working for him and i think that s the key find something s that work for you and suddenly exercise becomes to fun part of losing weight and keeping it off so there you go how to lose 40lbs in a year but what would any gloating weight loss post be without the before and after photos truth to tell i don t have many before photos when i was fat i hated having my photo taken by december 2010 i tipped the scale at obese and i wasn t queuing up to have pictures taken of that but nigel snuck one in this is from our summer holiday 2010 as you can see i m not slim but i still managed to add another 8 or 9lbs before christmas 2010 christmas eve 2010 that s actually a fairly flattering picture by the way thanks nigel and now for the after again i m not so photogenic that i like having my picture taken but in the interests of inspiring other mummies here goes as you can see still a bit of a way to go 7lbs to be precise but i now feel as though i can eat cake in public without people tutting at me yes my slim friends people even some fairly rotund people do audibly tut when they see fat people eating cake in public it is not helpful and i finish with a different kind of before and after the above photograph is of a coat i made in winter 2009 10 it was a fab coat swingy and flattering from the ottobre salma pattern and it fit me beautifully and got loads of compliments it was also size 18 to 22 i hated it i could now fit two of me in it so out of the 3 or so metres of fabric i made this beautiful formal coat for laura it s also an ottobre pattern now this coat i unreservedly love credits thank you to maria who dragged me to cardio tennis in january 2011 thereby making me realise that i was quite frighteningly unfit to the guy who developed the c25k programme to jillian michaels and weightwatchers and all those people who complimented me over my hungry journey for the last year especially thanks to my darling supportive husband i couldn t have done this without you mwah mwah posted by kathryn at 11 59 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels children s clothes family ottobre recycling sewing weightwatchers friday 1 july 2011 birthday overload dodgy photo overload too if you are thinking to yourself well blow me kathryn driffield s done a new blog post i thought she was dead then i don t blame you as you can see i m not dead but i have been manically busy up to my eyes in birthdays sewing orders face painting summer fetes and other fun but somewhat draining activities no time for blogging though i have rediscovered twitter and am now a proper fan anyway dealing with the procrastination sewing first a skirt for me i have since christmas been exercising hard and dieting reluctantly with the result that i urgently need some summer skirts that actully fit and have pockets for my phone when i m a size 10 i am going to treat myself to a desigual skirt but since i am still two sizes away i ran up a desigual knock off it s kind of hard to achieve that edgy desigual look when you mostly have kids prints in the stash but i gave it my best shot it s comfy it fits and it has pockets result then onto laura s pressing need for summer skirt leggings combos these are intended for wear at hatton country world and other places where protection from fast slides and grazed knees is required i ran up 4 sets over the course of a day it s an ottobre pattern and has pretty much gone viral in the sewing for girls community i love it and now for the birthday sewing james turned 6 last week and here s his new jacket ottobre strikes again it s in an outdoor wear fabric that was very cheap at fabricland in bristol it was an absolute swine to sew so i bitterly regretted choosing a pattern that featured welt pockets it s not my best work but it s the best i could do and james really likes it though not as much as he likes his new shorts also an ottobre pattern and huge fun to make then came a crochet aquarium for my father in law on father s day trouble free fish he saw the funny side laura s birthday is the last on the list believe me the four weeks from june 9 to july 8 is tough going in this house five birthdays one after the other with father s day thrown in just to make life interesting i hardly have time to catch my breath but laura s is the last birthday where i feel the compulsion to sew this is her birthday jacket it s an ottobre pattern no really which should have been made up in wool but which i did in fleece laura does actually need a fleece jacket and i was getting tired of hearing about her best friend s coat which is pink with flowers so i embellished the fleece with heart pockets and some flowers and pom pom trim just for fun it even comes with a zip up hood she will simply love it i m not so sure about her dress and i think she ll be a bit meh too she really wanted something twirly and this combination just isn t also i screwed up the collar somewhat which doesn t add to my dress love but i think the real problem lies in the fabric choice both are pretty enough but lack drape so they somehow don t flow i suspect the pinafore will get a lot more wear than the dress especially once i ve added the strawberry buttons i felt a wee bit guilty about imposing my own dress choice on the birthday girl i can t tell you how much she wanted a twirly dress so i painted some faux lelli kellys for her don t get me wrong i don t think they rival the real thing but they cost me a mere 12 50 and a fair amount of time i used sequins fabric glitter and fabric paint from stash and hoped to keep them secret from her until sunday unfortunately she opened the box when they were half finished and the cat was out of the bag she liked them then and now they re blinged up i just know she ll love them speaking of cats she decided last week she wanted me to make her a kitten costume for her birthday with claws on the hands now that s a challenge i decided not to try to rise to but watch this space for a halloween post posted by kathryn at 12 58 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels boy makes children s clothes crochet family ottobre sewing monday 9 may 2011 the wedding dress of the year cut down to size 3t you are probably now shaking your head in wonder that any 3 year could be so over indulged i have to tell you i can see where you re coming from but i can justify my insanity by telling you about her most wanted list every item on which has been refused by me her daddy on the various grounds of cost lelli kellys parental idleness kitten s puppy rabbits lack of space 4 horses lack of age a rainbow car ballet lessons a ds health and safety old yogurt cilit bang for the benefit of international readers a hard core cleaning agent candles turning the hot tap on and off all of the above mobile phone some of these things she will get when she has her own money others she will get when she has her own house though i hope she s not holding her breath for the 4 horses now i m not losing any sleep over the rainbow car decision but i do sometimes have pangs over refusing the lelli kellys other little girls in her class have them and heaven knows i d have stepped over my mother to get a pair when i was three but 50 for a pair of shoes she can t even wear to school no way so when she watched with open mouth the royal wedding last week and announced that kate middleton s dress is much nicer than any of the dresses that mummy had made for her i decided to really indulge her it s a dressing up dress complete with stretch lace overlay 3 4 sleees small train and long veil it isn t quite full length something that has not gone unnoticed by laura so she can even scoot in it i say it s a dressing up dress because that s what it s meant to be it s actually a going everywhere except nursery and mass dress we got a fair amount of attention in ikea until i shoved her into the smaland playzone so her brother could get the funny looks instead of me i understand the nice childcare assistants had a lovely time playing with the veil and even i had to laugh when she accessorized it with raincoat and umbrella for going to the library but we have to pick our battles in this life and you know what i bet the duchess of cambridge would love to do her shopping in her wedding dress so i m going to continue to let my 3 year old mini duchess do just that notes for other over indulgent mummies i hacked the farbenmix olivia pattern for the dress body and sleeves the train is just a pleated length of satin the collar is a length of lace sewn onto the neckline or you could just buy one from my etsy shop posted by kathryn at 12 32 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels costumes farbenmix hacking sewing tips saturday 2 april 2011 spring sewing has it really been over a month since the last post oh dear i m slipping my excuse is as it is for all bloggers that there s not enough time in the day the nice weather has brought shoppers to the bentley heath country market and i m having a job keeping up with demand this is of course a good thing in between orders and sales i ve been working on a posh frock line more specifically a line of communion dresses it s been great fun sourcing and using beautiful silks and cottons and trying to come up with dresses that will set them off and then of course i had to find a right sized model to set off the dresses my friend volunteered her daughter and we had a lovely modelling session my two are at the fixed smile funny face for camera stage so it was so nice photographing a child who looked completely natural and it doesn t hurt that she is also an extremely pretty girl so even i can take good photos first up was the crochet dress because this was the one i was most anxious about i kid you not i made this dress twice i don t think there s a stitch in it that hasn t been done and re done at least once but i finally got it done and made a little viscose slip for under it to finish it i made 5 little crochet flowers and put them on hairslides they looked like little daisies growing in her hair and gave such a pretty organic look to the outfit i had many a crisis of confidence about this dress while i was making it but like all good fairytales it had a happy ending next up the traditional dress well traditional with a modern vibe i hope this one has a pleated sash over a paperbag waist i love paperbag waists but no matter how much weight i lose i m never going to be able to wear one there is no diet that can turn a middle aged apple into a young beanpole so i m living vicariously here the skirt is a self embroidered lawn which i hand beaded to embellish the flowers you can t see it in the photograph and i did wonder if it was worth doing but in real life the little beads make all the difference there is also a semi detachable bow at the back very traditional very charming and since it s getting harder and harder to find all cotton communion dresses i m hopeful it will find a market and finally everyone s favourite the silk and tulle dress i found the pattern for this in a japanese pattern book i made up a smaller two colour version for my daughter to test the pattern photos to follow in another post but found that the sizing wasn t quite right and so the dress has gone into the shop she s gutted i also found that i didn t like the bodice so i played around with another couple of patterns and this is the changeling that emerged i knocked up a tiara to match and my model loved both dress and tiara so much she didn t really want to take them off the dress is lined with habotai silk and it feels so cool and smooth there is nothing like a silk lining for making a dress feel just sumptuous all that remained was for me to actually stock the shop i ve now added an etsy shop to my stable so i had two lots of stocking up to do but four episodes of er got me through the tedium of uploading photos i m about to start on some farbenmix baby clothes using some gorgeous fabrics from dots stripes it will make a change to use colours again posted by kathryn at 07 55 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels children s clothes crochet sewing shop older posts home subscribe to posts atom les petits anglais s 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