tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56884420932151374262011-07-08T06:01:43.900-05:00Original Art...with Spirit and HeartCarol Vegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626945087986685210noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688442093215137426.post-64859482897249224942010-06-04T22:21:00.001-05:002010-06-04T22:23:52.016-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/TAnCQQAEjgI/AAAAAAAAAOA/ABTfFQLmJD8/s1600/StarryDays6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/TAnCQQAEjgI/AAAAAAAAAOA/ABTfFQLmJD8/s320/StarryDays6.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/TAnCVLsIqmI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/KD4gNeZDhn8/s1600/StarryDays5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/TAnCVLsIqmI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/KD4gNeZDhn8/s320/StarryDays5.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/TAnCS5RNkDI/AAAAAAAAAOI/92w2fxlC6gY/s1600/StarryDays3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/TAnCS5RNkDI/AAAAAAAAAOI/92w2fxlC6gY/s320/StarryDays3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I'm posting additional photos here of the inside stitching on the 'pillow case' style jumpers I'm selling.&nbsp; Sometimes there just isn't enough photo room on Etsy to show the customers the quality of your work.&nbsp; So here are additional photos of my work.&nbsp; I use professional french seams on all seams and facings on the arm holes.&nbsp; There is absolutely no unfinished edges on my product.&nbsp; I make the hems 1 1/2 inches so that the purchaser may add a border to the hem as the child grows.&nbsp; The wonderful thing about this style of jumper is that the top can actually 'grow' with the child - since it is so gathered.&nbsp; But it does get shorter!&nbsp; Giving enough of a hem, a border can eventually be added to the garment giving it additional inches in length.<br /><br />Enjoy the pics.&nbsp; Any questions, just give me a comment or convo.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5688442093215137426-6485948289724922494?l=carolvegadesigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol Vegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626945087986685210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688442093215137426.post-48286327334702269952010-05-17T18:13:00.000-05:002010-05-17T18:13:55.552-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/S_HM-OT8sWI/AAAAAAAAAN4/wW8UpJddJXE/s1600/SoapyBlessings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pu5DaO49a8k/S_HM-OT8sWI/AAAAAAAAAN4/wW8UpJddJXE/s320/SoapyBlessings.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><br />Even though it isn't an 'official' pay it forward day, my fellow etsian friends and I do not need special days to make each other feel special.&nbsp; I received a surprise today from my friend Trish - Soapy Blessings.&nbsp; It was a very smelly surprise - to be sure :-).&nbsp; Trish's packing is just amazing.&nbsp; From the moment you open her envelope and you see how she wraps the soap, all the information on the soap - you can tell she really has blessed each and every bar she makes.<br /><br />I had forgotten that I sent her daughter a masquerade pendant/necklace for her prom.&nbsp; My husband brought the mail in today and I was thinking 'who am I getting a package from?'.&nbsp; Mentally you go over what you have ordered, and I looked at the address to make sure it was for me.&nbsp; Then the light bulb flicked on and I smiled from ear to ear.&nbsp; I tore open the envelope and of course smelled each of the bars.&nbsp; I think I'm going to enjoy an unexpected shower today...just so I can test them out!<br /><br />Be sure to visit this wonderful friend.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.soapyblessings.etsy.com/">Soapy Blessings</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5688442093215137426-4828632733470226995?l=carolvegadesigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Carol Vegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626945087986685210noreply@blogger.com0