Another Green-tailed Mer-lady.

She has silver knots in her hair-

It is the first time I’ve tried french knots with metallic embroidery floss. I got this beautiful watery batik for her hair during my recent trip to Connecticut.

Still playing with tail embroidery.

I gave her some decoration on her back-

And some relaxing shots :-)

Dreaming of the beach…

And making friends-

This mermaid has a lot of purple!

She is a slim mermaid. If you haven’t noticed, I made 3 body sizes :-)

Her hair matches her fins.

The ombre dyeing crept right up her belly. Tiny glass stars beads on her belt.

I’m still playing with the tail embroidery. And I decorated the back a bit.

I love her sea-bubbly hair.

I’m enjoying playing with the embroidered tails.

This time I put a little embroidery on her back.

Yes, I am having fun with the hair!

I spent way too long on the tail embroidery.

Again, the back is plain.

And here she is, out in the garden.

I love how she turned out.

It took me several tries to get the faces and the hair to a place I liked.

More embroidered scales. I used white silk buttonhole thread to keep the dark blue threads in place. The buttonhole thread originally came from my mom’s sewing collection!

The back of her tail is plain.

I have one more mermaid but she needs to go back to the worktable. Hopefully I can show her to you in a few days. I’ve also dyed some more ombre fabrics and am so excited to sew them up!

I have gotten lots of requests for mermaids but I was not imagining anything to move forward with. During my break from making, I’d been mulling over the idea of ombre (shaded) dyeing. Finally I’ve tried it and am loving it!

Here is Mermaid 1-

I am so excited to be playing with something new!

Green hair

Mermaid hair is a challenge!

No cover-up for her!

Trying out embroidered scales with variegated thread.