Mermaid Doll and Clothes- HEAVY PHOTOS

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good day! It is soooo HOT here!   I have been busy, busy, busy sewing up a storm!   My granddaughter is having her 4th birthday in a few weeks (so hard to believe) and I wanted to make something special for her. She loves mermaids so I decided to make her a doll with some clothes and a special surprise, a mermaid tail! I found the cutest doll pattern from Simplicity patterns that had different hair styles and some clothes but not a mermaid tail.  Well, I decided to draw my own mermaid tail pattern and I think it turned out adorable! I also decided that I wanted a seashell top for the mermaid (all respectable mermaids have a seashell top)! I made 3 tops, 3 skirts, an dress and 4 pairs of shoes.

I just love her!

A little flip of her tail. I love the tropical print fabric!

She is such a little cutie! I painted her face.

I love her loopy little pigtails!

And her seashell top! I had some seashell dies and cut my felt out with them and used Wonder-under to fuse them to her torso. Then I used gold thread to stitch details and pink beads and one big pearl in the center. I then glued some gold sequins on for more sparkle! I love how it turned out!

Here she is with her new wardrobe. 

And for her outfits,,,,,,,  Here is a cute floral top and skirt with turquoise shoes.

A floral coral top and skirt with red shoes.

A cute sea life top and turquoise skirt with peach pom pom trim and peach shoes.

And a cute pink and white hibiscus print dress with white shoes.

Her tail goes on and off like a skirt so she can wear her clothes and shoes. 

           I also have a beautiful book about the ocean and it's creatures for her.

I LOVE how my little mermaid and her clothes and mermaid tail turned out and I know Ruby will too!                        Thank you for stopping by and have a great evening!

Hugs Pam