{"id":40989,"date":"2016-10-25T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nancyzieman.com\/blog\/?p=40989"},"modified":"2016-10-25T03:00:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T08:00:53","slug":"mermaid-costumes-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyzieman.com\/blog\/sewing-2\/mermaid-costumes-for-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Mermaid Costumes for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Make this mermaid costume for Halloween and enjoy dress-up all year around. The idea came from my granddaughers. After watching\u00a0Doll Costume Dress Up<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em> on Sewing With Nancy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, my oldest granddaughter Avery promptly asked, “Gramma, for my birthday could you make a mermaid costume for my doll and one for me too? Now, don’t make an opening for my feet, I can swim like a mermaid with a tail!” \u00a0Then I asked her sister, Luella what she would like for her birthday. Answer: “Same as Avery!” So, two mermaid sets\u2014big and small\u2014were the task. (Much to Avery’s dismay, I made the big-girl fish tails with openings for feet!)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My Sewing With Nancy<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em> guest and friend, Joan Hinds<\/a><\/strong><\/span> developed the pattern for an 18″ doll dress-up mermaid costume. You can see how we created it in sequin fabric on the Doll Costume Dress Up<\/em> episode online<\/a>,<\/strong><\/span> and you’ll find the patterns in the<\/span> book<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The pattern can be scaled (pun intended) to fit child sizes, giving you matching dress-up clothes for your favorite little ones. Here’s how I scaled the design and created a mermaid tail for my granddaughters, ages six and four.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Supplies, Fabric, and Notions<\/h3>\n

For both doll and child sizes:<\/strong><\/p>\n