The Girl has been reading a mermaid series that she really loves. It is the Waterfire Saga and it currently has three books in it. The age range for it is 12-18 years, and she is 10, but an advanced reader. To say she is obsessed with mermaids would be putting it lightly. She really, really, really wants to be a mermaid right now.
As I like to stoke the fires of book addiction, I purchased some different mermaid fabrics from Amazon and Etsy. Initially, I was going to make a mermaid blanket out of some of it, and then I was thinking a mermaid tail to use with her swim fin she got from Santa. Not sure if I will do that yet. Depends on if I think she will drown in it or not, but she is a good swimmer. We’ll see.
I decided to go the simple route and make a shirt and leggings to wear in the meantime. The fabric here is from Amazon at $11/yard. I only got a yard and it was a few inches longer and just enough.
The Hibernis top worked great with these fabrics, yet again. I love how I could add the saying to the front panel and have some of the mermaid fabric show up in places.
The leggings are a modified Oliver + S leggings. I make them longer, since their size 12 is not long enough here. This is not super thick material, so I would say a tunic length top is a good idea.
I asked her what she wanted on the top, and she thought the “Mermaid in Training” sounded good. I just did the words in the Silhouette design program and cut it out on iron-on glitter HTV. The black fabric is a warm performance knit, so it has a bit of a low loft fleece backing to it. Nice and warm.
She loved it and got loads of compliments, yet again. Now I need to make her a fleece robe, since it is really chilly out now. Definitely not mermaid weather!
I love this outfit so much! And now I have to check out those books:)
Thanks, Michelle!
This is beautiful! :)) I would love one for myself ^^
Thank you, Mimi!
This is stunning. My daughters would freak out (in a good way!) over this outfit.
Thank you, Kristin! 🙂
Beautiful mermaid!!!
Thank you so much! She loves her mermaid outfit. 🙂
Loving those leggings! Such a great look and she seems to love it too.
Thank you, Chelsea! 🙂
What a beautiful outfit! It looks so fun, and who doesn’t love shiny, sparkly pants? I especially love the golden mermaid fabric accents on the shirt and the cowl.
Thanks, Bridget! Yes, sparkly pants are so fun! 🙂
So fun! And those books look great too, thanks for the tip. Jane Yolen has a book called “The mermaids’ three wisdoms” that you / she should check out if you have never read it. Your daughter must be in heaven with that outfit; great job creating something tailored to her interests. She is a beautiful girl- with that long blond hair, glowing skin and lean frame she can pass for a mermaid in those pants!
Thanks, Jenn! I will look into that book, too.
This outfit is amazing! What a genius way to use the fish scale fabric!
Thank you so much, Annie! She really, really loves this outfit. 🙂