OT Tour Issue 16: Mermaid doll and shell

I’m back with another One Thimble tour post! I’m in love with this issue. The theme for this issue is Under the Sea and there is so much mermaid inspiration to be found! I made the cutest little felt mermaid doll! Felt + embroidery + softie pattern + mermaids = one happy lady 🙂

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In case you haven’t heard of One Thimble* already, they are an Australian based digital sewing magazine. Each issue usually features around 6-10 full size patterns, plus numerous tutorials and articles related to sewing and business sewing. The issues sell for $25 AUD and occasionally there are sales in case you need to pick up any back issues.

I’ve sewn patterns from these issues many times. Last time was The Hipster Bear, and I’ve made two and have another two nearly complete. I love that bear. You can see all the past projects I’ve made from One Thimble HERE.

This time the theme was Under the Sea, and well, another softie pattern for me! Most of the other blog reviewers jump all over the dresses. Me, I go straight for the softies or anything with felt, ha.

For a handsewn project it sewed up fairly quickly. I think the longest was needing to wait for the felt to dry before moving on to the next steps. (I used Sulky solvy stabilizer as recommended and it needs to be washed off). I worked on my project at work on my breaks and was complete in probably around two hours from cut to finish (not including drying times).

I didn’t follow the recommended colours for my mermaid. A- I didn’t have them on hand and I need to order my wool blend felt online. And B- well, she’s a mermaid she can be purple if she wants to be! …But mainly A.

I haven’t been doing embroidery for too long, I was happy to try some new stitches out. Like the lazy daisy stitch for the flowers.

Hubby decided to create a beachy background in chalk for my little mermaid. Those are palm trees in case you can’t tell.

There are clickable links to videos that explain the different stitches included in the pattern, which I thought was a nice detail to add.

As you may notice I did the hair a little differently, I wanted to try out a sort of random backstitching type thing I’ve seen used to do hair.

 

All in all I think she turned out pretty cute! My oldest is super happy, and my youngest has ordered her own mermaid. A win-win in my books!

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Check out all the stops on the tour below:

Blog Tour Kickoff
Pattern Revolution

8/11/2017
Sewing with Sarah
GAAF Machine

8/12/2017
Call Ajaire
Happy Okapi
Idle Sunshine

8/13/2017
Pear Berry Lane
Candice Ayala
Needles to Say

8/14/2017
House of Estrela
That’s-Sew-Kari
Made by Sara

8/15/2017
Little Cumquat
Beri Bee Designs
Once Upon a Sewing Machine

8/16/2017
Sprouting JubeJube
Sew Haute Blog
Lily Shine Creates

8/17/2017
Lulu & Celeste
Adventures with Bubba and Bug
Curtiepie