I am really going wild with these mermen! It is so much fun making imaginary beings.
Deciding on the thread colors for his face was a challenge- Lilac purple eyes, green eyebrows.
There is actually a print on the body fabric but the purple is so saturated that you can hardly see it.
He has it all- gorgeous dark red hair and skeletons!
I tried to do a macrame sort of knot for his belt, but it doesn’t show now that it is sewed down.
I make their eyes the color that I imagine the water they swim in.
So this fellow is definitely a cold water merman. His tattoos are mostly ships and then a few palms.
An antique shell button and some star beads.
Hair close-up-
A green merman with aqua eyes-
And a wave in his hair!
He has narwhal tattoos and an anchor button.
Hurray! A new Merman!
Here he is, lounging around on my porch.
How could I resist this perfect tattoo fabric. He has a sea glass button.
It feels good to finish something again!
Okay, I’m done with the fish for now. Here are the last 3.
I will be back in a few weeks- see you then!
These 2 look rather formal in their blue and grey stripes.
I won’t be putting any of these into my Etsy shop until I am back in mid-June, but if you’d like one I can hold it for you.
Well, maybe not gold- more russet or orange plaid.
The above fish has a head made from a knit and that always gives a much ore rounded shape than if I cut it out from a woven wool like the below fish.
These 2 don’t go together but they are what I have finished next. One sweater fish-
And one fish made from some very fancy wool-
I spent most of this month sewing up man dolls of various sorts and not a lot got finished. I wanted to end the month with a finished something and success! I’ve got some fresh fish!
Two yellow fish pillows. Of course, once I decided to finish something, I got distracted and ended up sewing more fish… I just can’t help myself.
Here is a pic of my mermen in progress-
I will be taking 2 weeks off, starting in a few days. Then, when I get back, I hope to get to work on lots of new men and other dolls too. For now, a few more fish.