Amy, a sewing genius and author of the best sewing book ever, has a great tutorial to turn any doll into a mermaid:



Heather is offering a free download of her Sew News embroidery design over at her blog, Hello My Name Is Heather.



If you haven't seen Heather yet, she's the designer of beautiful fabrics and creator of all sorts of great things, like these.  Her blog is beautiful and has several great tutorials and projects.

In case you missed it, a few weeks ago Hillary posted the bunny and bear pattern:



Hillary does some amazing embroidery and comes up with the best designs. I love her Tulip Fairy Stitchette, which really makes me want to learn to embroider.  Someday...