One high-fashion fish and one orange houndstooth. High-fashion, you are wondering? Yes!
This fish fabric was given to me in a bin filled with someone’s cleared out fabric stash. This was the label pinned to it-
Pretty fancy, eh?! Hermes! I love how it started at $150, but eventually got to $32 a yard. That must have still been very expensive in the time when they were still using these kind of labels.
And the Orange Fish-
There are some little fin stitches to keep the fin in place.
This one is made from some rough Mexican fabric in a beautiful dark aqua.
A grey and pink one and a light purple one.
He is all around darker than the last one- Dark flesh tone, darker hair, darker eyes-
He has a beautiful mermaid on his chest and a button with an anchor at his belt.
He has a little tail fin. And a top knot/man bun.
This merman swam off to his new home this weekend!
Here is a close-up of the stitching on his face.
Mermaid on his chest, and some jewels on his belt.
And another mermaid on his back.
Are you in the Chicago area? This weekend is a busy one including Open House Chicago, an architectural tour. The building I live in is part of the tour and we have put together an art show with 12 artists in the building.
I am excited to be showing my work in person again! Here is some more info about the event-
I would love to meet you if you can come by!
I am hoping his hair looks like it is moving in a current.
He has beads on the ends of his beard.
Tall ships and more tall ships! A green glass button and an embroidered rickrack belt-
I love these African fabrics with slightly sparkly, metallic designs. This one makes me think of a seaweed forest.
And this batik fabric looks like bubbles- perfect for a merman’s beard.
Silver rickrack and a glass button-
Yes, he has a man-bun.
Flamingos and aqua hair- he is a tropical merman for sure.
He has little beads on the end of his beard. This is the back of his hair-
Flamingos and Palms. He has a fish bead and silver rickrack at his waist.
He has some awesome tattoos- A rooster on his belly and a goat on his arm. I think he is trying to tell us something.
And look at that awesome moose button!
Next up, some mermen.