The mermen

 I saw this picture on Pinterest one day and thought "How cute, I'll bet I could make one of those." And so I did. 

After some research on YouTube on how to make soft dolls I took a crack at it with my 'new' sewing machine. Using muslin, I made a first attempt with a pattern I based on the photo. It was a disaster. Wrong proportions and tight in all the wrong places. Back to YouTube. Amending the first pattern I tried again and it worked like a charm. I set this one aside as it didn't have the tat arm like the reference dolls. The first successful attempt sorta came out looking like me! I used an old piece of bandana for the tail fabric. After I finished it I thought it would be fun to do a second one based on Scott (I used the first form that came out nicely). To make sure it resembled him I made the eyes blue and added one of his signature hats and vests. It was my project while he was away for 10 days at his share on Fire Island. I surprised him with it when he got back. He loved it. Now they sit on the sweater shelf in the bedroom. 

After a while I decided the cutest thing would be to make a Travis "merdog". He turned out adorable too. :)