Sailor Jerry mermaid

[sewphie]

I've been really inspired by all the beautiful tattoo flash embroidery on here. I thought I'd have a go myself so here she is...

you may not be able to tell with my lame camera skills but she has a stripy tail and uses a lot of metallic thread- that stuff is hard to use!!

close up of tail

and on the back a little bitta sublime

Cheers for looking x

[micheleleigh]

nice satin stitch! this is really awesome. i love mermaids.

[Aquilla da Hun]

the metallic thread really looks nice. Her tail looks amazing!

[katiekutthroat]

very awesome.. your stitching is so clean.. i am going to do a sailor jerry piece soon for my tattoo artist.. i hope it turns out half as good as this, id be happy

[breemonkey]

Wow!  Your stitching is amazing! I love how you made your stitches in a spiral for her hair.  The work in the tail looks very nice too.

[Teresa_T]

Wow! Amazing! Your stitching is superb and I can see the stripes.

This is also a very tasteful and classy pinup theme. You did a fantastic job on this!

[GhostAcademy]

So great! I love the way her hair turned out.  And major props to you for getting such clean stitches out of that heinous metallic and shimmer floss.

[sewphie]

So great! I love the way her hair turned out.  And major props to you for getting such clean stitches out of that heinous metallic and shimmer floss.

Thanks-the floss is evil to work with (so many snags and knots) but it looks so pretty when it's done!
I'll definitely be using metallics and shimmer again, it's a love/hate thing

[Anya Kase]

That is Brilliant!  I love the colors, she's beautiful! Great Job!

[piratelibrarian]

Nicely done!  I'm in awe of how perfect her hair is.