Mermaid Ripple
03-22-2014, 02:52 AM
Hi everyone! I've never used a forum format till MerNetwork so bear with me.
Like every little girl I've always wanted to be a mermaid. I'm finally making that dream a reality and I'm so ecstatic about it :)
I recently purchased a Mahina Merfin straight from their site: http://www.mahinamermaid.com/
I must say, it may not be as fast as a monofin but its pretty and still functional. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being monofin fast, I would rate the merfin at an 8.
Now, when I was in seattle I picked up a 4ft X 6ft sheet of purple 2mm neoprene from Seattle Fabrics (http://www.seattlefabrics.com/) its very lovely, although I wish I could've bought a 1.5mm width.. (They don't carry that)
So I did my best to follow all of the tail tutorials.. well parts of each tutorial. But, no one has made a neoprene tail tutorial so I had to futz with lots of things and just swim by the seat of my pants.
I recruited my local sewing guru to guide me on my quest. She set me up on my new sewing machine (A BabyLock) and sent me on my way. I can say with confidence that this tough little beast of a machine can handle neoprene!
*Insert lots of frustration and perseverance*
Last night I went swimming with my finished tail and it was amazing. But, I observed that while wearing my neoprene tail cover I was noticeably slower. I'm going to assume thats normal, but I don't know so If anyone has any experience with this drop me a line :)
I'm going to go swimming again and make finishing touches. Afterwards, I plan on painting on some painstakingly pretty scales with the lumiere paints by Jacquard.
If you've bothered to read this all thanks! <3
*I've attached 4 more images that I had to resize so they're all kind of squished. They still show the color of the paint job though :)
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Like every little girl I've always wanted to be a mermaid. I'm finally making that dream a reality and I'm so ecstatic about it :)
I recently purchased a Mahina Merfin straight from their site: http://www.mahinamermaid.com/
I must say, it may not be as fast as a monofin but its pretty and still functional. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being monofin fast, I would rate the merfin at an 8.
Now, when I was in seattle I picked up a 4ft X 6ft sheet of purple 2mm neoprene from Seattle Fabrics (http://www.seattlefabrics.com/) its very lovely, although I wish I could've bought a 1.5mm width.. (They don't carry that)
So I did my best to follow all of the tail tutorials.. well parts of each tutorial. But, no one has made a neoprene tail tutorial so I had to futz with lots of things and just swim by the seat of my pants.
I recruited my local sewing guru to guide me on my quest. She set me up on my new sewing machine (A BabyLock) and sent me on my way. I can say with confidence that this tough little beast of a machine can handle neoprene!
*Insert lots of frustration and perseverance*
Last night I went swimming with my finished tail and it was amazing. But, I observed that while wearing my neoprene tail cover I was noticeably slower. I'm going to assume thats normal, but I don't know so If anyone has any experience with this drop me a line :)
I'm going to go swimming again and make finishing touches. Afterwards, I plan on painting on some painstakingly pretty scales with the lumiere paints by Jacquard.
If you've bothered to read this all thanks! <3
*I've attached 4 more images that I had to resize so they're all kind of squished. They still show the color of the paint job though :)
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