ITH Mermaid Stuffed Toy Embroidery Project

By Sew Chic on July 14, 2025

SKILL LEVELBeginner
TIME REQUIRED01:00

Description

Create a charming mermaid stuffed toy with this in-the-hoop project. Featuring a delightful design with intricate details, this mermaid is perfect for imaginative play or as a decorative piece. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Preface:

© Broderie Dzhiboux. All rights reserved.
This project is officially licensed to ITH Boutique. All images, digitizing rights, step-by-step instructions, and project visuals are the exclusive property of Broderie Dzhiboux. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited.

Materials

Body, frame 13x18cm: high: 1 piece

24x10cm high (cotton, cotton,

fleece) Low: 24x12cm high (minky)

Shell on the body: 1 piece 7x5cm high

Tail, 10x10cm frame: 2 pieces 9x11cm high

Duvet, 13x18cm frame: 2 pieces, 12x18cm high

Front hair: 1 piece 11x9cm high

Back hair: 1 piece 13x12cm

Head, 10x10cm frame: 1 piece 11x11cm (fleece)

Arm, 10x10cm frame: 2 pieces, 10x11cm high (fleece)

Shell on hands: 1 piece 9x4cm high

Tearable holder, water-soluble holder, tapestry thread, needle, pompon tape (optional), flower (optional), filler

Final Product: What You Will Create

Step 1:

LA COUETTE

Sewing 1: This is done on your support to show you the location of your fabric

Step 2:

Put your fabric on seam 1 and your water-soluble support taking care to hide the entire seam 1

Step 3:

Seam 2: This seam will keep your fabric and water-soluble support on your support

Step 4:

Sewing 3: Embroidery stitches in the hair

Step 5:

Put your 2nd piece of fabric, place against place on your project

Step 6:

Seam 4: this seam will join your 2 pieces together, get out of the frame and cut the excess fabric.

Step 7:

HEAD

Sewing 1: This is done on your support to show you the location of your fabric

Step 8:

Put your fabric and your water-soluble support on the seam 1 taking care to hide the seam 1

Step 9:

Seam 2: This seam will keep your fabric and water-soluble support on your base support

Step 10:

Stitching from 3 to 10: embroidery stitches

Step 11:

Seam 11: this seam tells you where the hair is before

Step 12:

Put your piece of fabric (fabric location towards you) taking care to hide the seam well 11

Step 13:

Stitch 12: this stitch will sew your piece of fabric for the front hair

Step 14:

Cut excess fabric from bottom of seam 12

Step 15:

Seam 13: this seam tells you where your duvet is located

Step 16:

Put your duvet place against place on your work, be careful to put all the uncut part of the top of the duvet in the top

Step 17:

Seam 14: This seam will keep your duvet on the top of your head

Step 18:

Fold down the bottom of the duvet so it’s not sewn with the next stitch

Step 19:

Put your 2nd piece, for the back of the head

Step 20:

Sewing 15: Sewing to join all your pieces together

Step 21:

Remove from frame, cut excess fabric and set aside until assembly

Step 22:

Front of the head

Step 23:

L’arrière de la tête

Step 24:

THE ARMS

Sewing 1: This is done on your support to show you the location of your fabric
Put your fabric on the seam taking care to hide the entire seam

Seam 2: This seam will hold your fabric on the support

Step 25:

Seam 3: This seam shows you the location of your shell fabric

Step 26:

Put your fabric (place towards you) on the seam 3

Step 27:

Seam 4: This seam will sew the contour of your shells on your hands

Step 28:

Remove excess fabric all the way around.
Put your water-soluble support

Step 29:

Sewing 5: Embroidery stitches

Step 30:

Put your 2nd piece of arm fabric, place against place on your work

Step 31:

Seam 6: seam to join fabric pieces together.
Step out of the frame and cut the excess fabric. Set aside until assembly

Step 32:

THE TAIL

Sewing 1: This is done on your support to show you the location of your fabric

Step 33:

Put your water-soluble fabric and support on the seam 1

Step 34:

Seam 2: This seam will keep your fabric and water-soluble support on your base support

Step 35:

Sewing 3: embroidery stitches

Step 36:

Put your 2nd piece of fabric (place against place) on your work

Step 37:

Seam 4: this seam will join your pieces of fabric together

Step 38:

THE BODY

Cut your 2 pieces of fabric (top and bottom of the body

Step 39:

Sew lengthwise, piece by piece

Step 40:

Pay attention to the meaning of your fabric, put it right back

Step 41:

Seam 1: This is done on your support to show you the location of your fabric and the location of the seam of the fabric.
Put the seam of the fabric on the line