Crazy stupid running and me
Hello every lovely person, this is a short update just to satisfy any curiosity out there & tomorrow I’ve got a post about my next Clover trousers …. First of all thank you to everyone who wished...
View ArticleCoach yourself
(A little aside before I launch into this post) I have been most confused. My latest blog post on my summer hit parade of sewing makes has not been showing but I’d been getting comments on it. And...
View ArticleBeing a running tourist
I've come to love exploring areas I visit with the excuse that I'm “training”. This time I took pictures along my route, which must be one of my favorite places to run. catching all the beaches plus...
View ArticleSneaky peek at Sunday ‘s race day fancy dress
I'm afraid it seems comments are still busted, I'm sorry!! The web hosting guys are hopefully making progress…so rather than show you some recent proper clothes I've made, worn and absolutely love,...
View ArticleSeaside Christmas Cracker
So my blog commenting problem is still not fixed & I am loathe to publish a post showing my version of two lovely patterns without being able to interact with you … it is a weird experience, I am...
View ArticleThese crazy legs got serious
I must apologise for being a tad disconnected the last week – I have been in a “pre race relax week” which translated for me as “try to go to bed early, keep a calm head, don’t over do it & ‘oh,...
View ArticleGiving the runaround to my Ooh La La Leggings
I’ve got so much sewing to catch you up with and a bevvy of things to tell you about. I’ve been a bit out of writing recently, don’t ask me why. I’ve been in a very active “doing” mode, and once I’d...
View ArticleClearing the air: eating & juicing to stay on track
So the heat has abated, last night (or even early morning) it seems as if most of the UK had thunder storms to clear the air. After a period of prolonged sunshine it is still dry & warm &...
View ArticleWhat’s going on?
Just a quick one as I seem to have finished packing for a trip up North….Boy these trainers are skanky, but I haven’t managed to wear my shiny new ones in enough to take the risk for the 13 miler Great...
View ArticleMy Great North Run story
This is a sewing deficient post, in fact there is bare reference to sewing, so if you tune in for snips & stitches hold on ! More sewing exploits will be to follow next….Hello !Thank you all, each...
View ArticleThe marathon and the metaphor
I think a lot of people use running as their thinking time, the space, the head time, their opportunity to force themselves to process. That’s not my purpose for running, but when I run long distances,...
View ArticleHome run: the Bath Half
I know I’ve been a bit quiet about *the running* since the marathon last October. So it’s time for a check in with yet more words of a pootling badger’s introspection and observations after my latest...
View ArticleMy favorite run
A bit of a picture heavy post here, just to get you through Tuesday! I’ve been trying to get my running mojo back, and feel like I’m making progress again, but for whatever reason it’s been hard. So...
View ArticleAt last: Maria Denmark Olivia tee
Hey chickens. I am about to show you some makes that have been fully put to use over the last couple of months, only I have been a bit behind posting them …I’m going to review a pattern I downloaded...
View ArticleVNA Top the third
Hello you lovelies! Another catch up post- this time for the third VNA top I made but forgot to photograph all those weeks ago. I won’t up much about it, as that’s already done here. But suffice to...
View ArticleFunki runners#1
Well hello! I would like to introduce you to my new funki legs. These pins are being motivated by the joy that a new pair of groovy leggings can bring. I mean when you have leggings like this, they...
View ArticleFunki runners #2
It’s more funki runners! Enter the peacock pair and matching sportsbra (read on below, you think I’m showing that at the top of this post?) Anyone remember the Green Goddess? I did warn you back when I...
View ArticleSurf to Summit Top
My fave running top for winter? It rapidly became the Surf to Summit top, Fehr Trade’s latest pattern. I was actually a pattern tester before Christmas but what with Christmas and the laptop...
View ArticleJungle January: the dash of the rusty leopard
I can’t believe this is the third year of Jungle Januaries! Annie at Pretty Grievances cracks me up with her fabulous& witty herding of jungle printed makers. I couldn’t let it pass by...
View ArticleI’m a walking technical diagram- Steeplechase Leggings!
Check out the new pattern from Fehr Trade – the Steeplechase leggings. I was thrilled to be a tester, so let me tell you about them. Designed cleverly (of course, it’s Melissa we are talking about...
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