I recently made this cute blue mermaid doll as a gift for a little girl who loves mermaids. It took a couple tries to get it just right, but I’m really happy with the way she turned out.
The doll was all sewn by hand and I mixed together a couple of different patterns for the head, torso, and and arms (from the book Cloth Dolls by Brenda Brightmore). I made my own pattern for the tail and used this beautiful metallic blue upholstery fabric, which is super soft and almost feels like lambskin leather.
The yarn I used for the hair is silky soft and was appropriately named Waterfall. Naturally my mermaid had to have long luxurious BLUE hair 😉 (But seriously, it took me forever to decide which yarn to use- I’ve collected quite a stash of pretty and unique yarn over the years.)
I painted her eye and lips with acrylic paint. I must admit, I’m kind of proud of the face- I did this totally free hand, and usually I have to try several times to get everything just right and even. I guess I was really in the zone when I did this one 😉
Of course Calcifer helped with the creation of this cute mermaid and gave his final approval. I don’t know how I could create anything without my fluffy supervisor’s assistance! He likes helping me pick out the fabric, yarn, and embellishments and has to have his say in everything 😉
And so, receiving Calcifer’s purr of approval, I wrapped up my little blue mermaid and sent her off to make a sweet little girl very happy on her birthday 🙂
Thanks for stopping by!
~Michelle
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