Last word on the Mermaid!

Unfortunately, we were not able to get a good picture of the princess in her costume, also her mother and I aren't sure how we feel about putting pix of the kids online. I did get a photo of the top with the crushed foil ribbon straps ... the ribbon is silver-colored with gold ribs and gold edging. I got it at Cliff's Variety Store in the Castro (San Francisco) years ago. Don't know why the bodice fabric is so dark blue--it's actually the lavender color shown in the previous photos.

 I used some of the scraps to create a Mermaid Barbie* from a junk doll (she came with the choker and frizzy hair) The sequin mer-body and ruffled organza tail fin are the same as the child's costume, the bodice is another piece of fancy wired ribbon. The costume is sewn on. The background is composed of some of the other fabrics I gathered together and some plastic fern for seaweed. 

 *Barbie doll is a registered trademark of Mattel.