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   Josefly | Jan 17, 2007 06:48pm | #1

   Love the mermaid. And the sweater-pants - how inventive! Like mother, like daughter.

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   blondie2sew | Jan 23, 2007 09:09am | #2

   I love that mermaid and my 5 year old daugher is so into mermaids...By chance was that a pattern you had or did you design that yourself?I want to make one for her!!Thanks
   Connie

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   KittyKat77 | Jan 26, 2007 05:01pm | #3

   Hi Connie,The mermaid doll was... a combination of things. I did a google search for free doll patterns, but most of the mermaid ones were a bit more, how do I put this? anatomically detailed? than I was looking for.So, after finding this pattern here : http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/diamonddollies/mmpattern.htmlI decided to alter it a bit. I printed off the pattern pieces, then traced over them on a plain sheet. I traced the tail fin straighter, in the interest of less detail to sew there, and traced the body with less curve to it. I ended up doing the arms and body as all one piece instead of sewing the arms on, and leaving the neck open. I used the head from this pattern: http://wwvisions.com/newsletter/jan_feb99/fpattern.gifThe clothes are made from sparkly lace that I snipped tiny holes in for armholes, and stitched to the body in back. I also ran a thread around the neck to gather it up a bit so it would not stand straight up at the neckline.Hope this helps! It wasn't a project I would describe as "simple" but it was VERY fun and VERY rewarding to see the girls with their mermaid dolls on Christmas.

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   blondie2sew | Jan 26, 2007 07:41pm | #4

   Thanks for you information and wonderful input!!Ya Sometimes you have to kinda modify the doll patterns so to speak.I will check into it my daughter would love a mermaid doll might have to put that on my wonderful and growing list of things to sewConnie