I Love What I Do

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of making portrait silhouettes.

Each one is unique, each one is challenging and each one is super fun to make. Sometimes as I’m working I doubt that the silhouette will “look right,” but when I change the fill color to black something magical happens and it “just works.” I love my job!

~ Norma

Finally

My little guy has been quite the handful the last few weeks. He went from this:

super happy baby one day to this:

horribly unhappy baby the next day.

I was to the point of exhaustion because he was NOT sleeping, crying all the time, and having stomach issues. After about 2 weeks and a visit to the pediatrician I’ve cut out milk from my diet and swapped his supplemental formula to a soy based formula. It made a huge difference but he was still NOT sleeping well.

Finally a friend told me about “Baby Wise.” In a matter of 3 days (today is day 3) my little guy is sleeping like a champ during the day and sleeping 5 hour stretches at night. I am catching up on sleep, laundry, dishes and I even got a little time with my Accuquilt Go!

Stealing a few minutes here and there I was able to cut enough pieces for a Halloween quilt. I don’t know if I’ll actually find time to sit at the sewing machine before the 31st, but it does feel good to be planning a quilt again.

~ Norma

1 Month

It's been about 5 weeks since my last post. I can't believe it's been that long. Things around the Petit Design household have gotten a little more hectic, a lot more lax, and a lot more cuddly.

My little guy was born a month ago and already I cannot imagine life with out him.

OK so maybe I can imagine a lot more sleep!

I'm pretty much recovered from my c-section, it's the nursing that's killing me. This little guy is a voracious empty pit with a very strong sucking instinct. This makes for one very sore mama, plus I think I have now developed thrush. :( *boo, hiss, spit* That plus lack of sleep = no sewing whatsoever. Come to think of it, it really = not much of anything is getting done around here!

I have been working on some new items for my shop though. I've started a new line of Applique Templates. These are just that, a template for applique (or scrapbook paper piecing, embroidery, crafting etc.) You can us them on quilts, t-shirts, aprons, etc. It does not contain any instructions on how to do applique (there are many applique tutorials on the web.) To give you an idea of what my templates are like I thought I would share a free applique template with you all. It's still a very hot summer in the south so we're still enjoying popsicles. You can enjoy some too even if summer has left your part of the world!

Click the image to go to the pdf
make sure you choose "landscape" on your printer 

Share your creations over at the Petit Design Co. Flickr pool. I love to see what you make.

Have a great Labor Day weekend, and enjoy some popsicles.
~ Norma

PS I hate the banana flavored ones, YUCK.