Top-in-progress: tips and help please :)

**Rocky Mountain Mermaids** · 05-12-2015, 11:05 PM

Hello! I'm a new mer, and I might have a gig coming up (fingers crossed it goes through)! Anywho, I don't have any kind of mermaidy top, and I don't have the funds to buy one right now, so I figured I'd make one. HOWEVER, I (unlike you creative and crafty merbabes) have VERY limited sewing/crafting abilities. Luckily I found an old bikini top that has ~mermaidy~ iridescent sequins on it, and I bought some netting to try to work something out. After playing around with it a little....

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This is what I have so far (it's not sewn together yet, but I'm working on it).

My questions are: Do you think it's appropriate enough for a children's gig at a festival? (If not I was thinking maybe sew some netting together in the front to cover up some cleev? What else could I do to it to make it more appropriate?)

Also, what else can I use to decorate it a bit more? I don't really like the look of fake plants/seaweed for this top, but I am thinking of getting some hemp string to hang down the knot at the front with some tiny seashells and pearls hanging from it. What do yall think?? I appreciate all the help I can get from you guys, because you're all so creative!

**mermaids-and-anchors** · 05-12-2015, 11:10 PM

You can buy fake plants and shells at any craft store, and you can buy E6000 glue which is waterproof, it's a very strong glue. I use it for hair clips and several shell bras that I've made.

**Keiris** · 05-13-2015, 12:27 AM

You could further decorate it by adding a starfish in the center and maybe a few pearls and seashells to the netting. It's actually a pretty good base. Maybe add some of the color of your tail onto the netting or the actual top with some acrylic paint.