Mermaid Softie

#17875

Overview

Seas the day, and make a major splash with a Mermaid that can be stuffed as a softie or added as an appliqué onto your next project.

Theme: Quilting & Patchwork

Fabric Requirements:

Yardage	Fabric	Instructions
4" x 8"	Skin color	Cut (2) heads**
5" x 7"	Green print	Cut (2) bodies**
4" x 6"	Skin color	Cut (4) arms**
5" x 5"	Orange triangles	Cut (4) hair buns**
3" x 6"	Green print	Cut (4) fins**
4" x 4"	Orange triangles	Cut (1) head*
2 1/2" x 2 1/2"	Orange triangles	Cut (2) bangs*
2" x 3 1/2"	Periwinkle felt	Cut (2) starfish
2" x 2"	Orange felt	Cut (1) starfish
1 package	Polyester fiberfill
2	2 1/4" Black buttons for eyes
	Assorted seed beads for necklace

Notes:

Assembling the Project:

With right sides together, sew two sets of arms and two sets of hair buns. Clip the curves, and turn right sides out. Fill with polyester fiberfill.
With right sides out, topstitch two sets of fins together.
Using scissors, cut a curve to make the bottom of the orange print heads into hair. Iron the orange hair on to the head of skin-colored fabric. Topstitch along the bottom hairline.
Iron the two bangs on the remaining head piece. Topstitch.
Hand stitch the orange starfish to the bottom of the front of the body. Be sure to keep it at least a 1/4" from the edges. Hand stitch the eyes, eyelashes, and mouth on the face.
Arrange the hair buns at the sides of the head. Pin the raw edges together with the hair buns facing inward.
Arrange and pin the fins facing inward on each side at the bottom of the body.
Arrange and pin the arms facing inward on the front of the body. Place the body back on top with right sides facing, and pin to the front of the body. Sew around the outer edge, leaving one side open for turning.
Clip the curves, turn right sides out and fill with polyester fiberfill. Hand stitch the opening closed.
Hand stitch beads around the neck to make the necklace. Hand stitch the two periwinkle starfish to the hair.