Okay, I’m hoping one of you wonderful people can help me. Recently I saw a fab Echo cushion on someone’s blog that was made with co-ordinating solids, and even had a link to where to get them. For some reason, at the time I was reading it, I wasn’t in a position to note it down, and now I can’t remember where it was – waaah! I know exactly what I want to do with my fat 16th bundle of it (supplemented by 4 fqs that were missing from the first bundle), but I need some co-ordinating solids to do it, and since I’m lacking a Kona colour card, and the Klona one doesn’t seem to have any matches, I’m at a bit of a loss… So can anyone remember where it was? Or does anyone happen to know the co-ordinating yellow, orange, pink, green, navy and grey for this?
**EDIT, I found a few bundles of matching solids at Sew Fresh Fabrics, thanks to everyone that looked**
Okay, now in response to your pleas for help, my diet plan… I’m doing the
South Beach Diet (see the link, or there’s also a book for it that you will find in most book shops). I will not lie to you, this is not a diet for the faint hearted. It requires lifestyle changes, and if you can’t make the changes long term then it’s not the diet for you, find another solution (seriously!). The basis of the diet is that you start off with 2 weeks of no carbs, that is no fruit, limited veg, no pasta, flour, bread, potatoes, alcohol, sugar and a whole pile of other stuff, it is also low fat. After that you add tiny portions of carbs on a weekly basis, so, say, week one you add in 10-15g per day, and on week 2 you go up to 20-25g and so on. In the initial 2 weeks you lose quite a lot, and then it slows as you add the carbs back in. You’ll eventually reach a week where you don’t lose anything, and at that point you’ve found what your average daily carbs should be to maintain weight. If you still have weight to lose, you take the carb intake back to the previous week where you lost weight and continue until you reach your goal. In the maintenance phase (ie forever more) you should remain at roughly the ideal carb intake you found that week you didn’t lose weight, although the end of the world is not nigh if you have an occasional treat, you just compensate for it the next day or so. It’s all based around your Glycemic index, so if you imagine phase 1 as your ‘system reboot’ phase, phase 2 as your ‘initialising’ phase, and phase 3 as your ‘good to go’ phase, then you should end up with a healthy diet (spot the computer geek here ;o) )
Food wise, there are some things with a lot more carbs in them than you think, so you will gain a whole new appreciation for reading labels, trust me sugar lurks in all sorts of things (ketchup anyone?!) To give you an idea of some carb levels, a portion of wholemeal pasta (and actually read the side of the packet and weigh out a portion, it’s smaller than you think) has about 50-60g of carbs, regular pasta has even more. A slice of wholemeal bread has about 20g for a thick slice (as in a thick sliced loaf rather than what you hack off yourself ;o) ). When you think that the average person should be on about 80 -120g of carbs in a day, that should give you some idea of the choices you will have to make. On a day (when not in phase 1) that I choose to eat, say, wholewheat penne with pesto and goat’s cheese, during the rest of the day I hold off pretty much on any other carbs with, say, salad for lunch, and a breakfast of cottage cheese whizzed up with 1 tbsp frozen fruit, a little bit of Splenda and some walnuts.
You also need to exercise. That doesn’t mean you have to take up half marathons or anything, and initially it will be hard, but if you can take a walk round the block 4-5 times a week and build it up, it will get easier. How do I know all this? I’ve done it before. It works, but I went off piste in the last 4 months or so and carb loaded again (and probably fat loaded too). Hey, at least I can recognise where I went wrong ;o) If you want more info, let me know and I can e-mail you a bunch of stuff I pulled together, including a ton of recipes, marked for phase appropriateness and some (although not all) with full nutritional information included.
I have not a clue said the little red hen…..me.
Have you tried googling Lotta Jansdotter? That might get you somewhere…probably nowhere, but you never know 🙂 I am soooo helpful today 🙂
Have you tried googling Lotta Jansdotter? That might get you somewhere…probably nowhere, but you never know 🙂 I am soooo helpful today 🙂
No help here. I'm totally clueless.
Gimme an hour to get home and I can colour match for you if you're not sorted out by then, I have some of the line and a Kona card 🙂
Really interested in your diet, going to read more tonight!
And you didn't pin it? One needs not remember anything now that Pinterest is here! 🙂 Good luck, I wish I could help.
I have a Kona card too let me know if you need help
Katy – good luck with the diet. Once I can go a week without a cold or other nasty, I have to do something! Your diet sounds a bit like the Dukan diet.
On the Echo thingamebobby, email Julie at IT – I bought a bundle from her and it came with the cordinating yellow and grey in it. It might even be listed still (though I think it sold out), She is super helpful and am sure would help if she could. Good luck!
for starters… why is my pinterest search field gone?!?!? *deep breath* i have a post with some solids/echo quilt squares i've been working on, but i'm not sure they're the colors you're looking for… gray and blue and a berry. just in case, here are some links:
http://imaginegnats.blogspot.com/2012/01/few-wips.html
http://imaginegnats.blogspot.com/2012/01/echo-lap-quilt-progress.html
There's a Lotta flickr group which has a discussion thread with Echo colour matches listed on it here. http://www.flickr.com/groups/lottaloveforlottajansdotterdesigns/discuss/72157628081371484/
I am no help at all with your fabric.
Thanks for the diet info.I did the ducan diet which is similar although I don't think it is quite the same.
Carb's are our no 1 problem. I do hope you do well. It is hard work.
Hugs
Kay
Oh no! I am so sorry, but I have no idea. I love this line, though, so it's going to be a fab pillow when you figure it out!
Good luck with the diet. Losing weight can be a bear sometimes!
Glad you found the solids. I actually knew the answer to that off hand!!
South beach sounds a bit too time consuming for me… lol Glad you're sorted for Lotta, next time just give me a shout, I've got a Kona card and am more than happy to help (cos the card is awesome and I really struggled without it…)
I love the South Beach Diet! I am about to hit the 'system reboot' phase. We didn't have a fridge for a two weeks and I hit the carbs hard!
I think the blog post you saw was from Film in the Fridge. The solids she used were "Kona Coal, Ash, Aqua, Lupine, along with Essex Linen in Gray, Aqua and Natural and a bit of Art Gallery Pure Elements in Linen White."
All the best with your new diet plan! I've finally started a quick daily workout for myself in hopes of getting more energy. I'm on day 3, and my legs are feeling the burn :p
just saw this… i know you have a gazillion tips already but i had to pipe in when i saw this just now! 😉 http://www.flickr.com/photos/80233243@N00/6768104871/in/contacts/
I'm glad you found your solids. Thanks for the run down of the diet your using. It's all a matter of finding what's right for you. It's definitely working for you and that's great!!
Oh, that's so frustrating when you see something on a blog and forget where you saw it! Glad you found the solids :O) Best wishes on that South Beach Diet – their bars are very good! xoxo
I'm glad you were able to find your coordinating solids! Ooh, I get grouchy without carbs. >_<