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Hand made items. Made with love & individuality using upcycled & repurposed materials

01/11/2026

She’s a mermaid walking on the soft sand, looking for lost treasures and inspiration amongst the seaweed discarded by the storm…..

Beautiful Kate from The Mermaids Tail UK wearing her scale skirt 🩶🤎💛

Welcome to The Sisterhood of the Scale Skirt

Check out her stunning work creating mermaid tails right here in the UK.

https://www.instagram.com/the_mermaids_tail_uk?exln=MTV0cTA2NWwxbnhjcw==

27/10/2026

Took a vintage tablecloth and made a blouse
Is it perfect? No. Does the wonky yoke annoy me? Yes.
But, did I enjoy making it? Yes.
Will I unpick it and correct the imperfections? No

Because in my opinion, Imperfectly Done is Better than Perfectly Not Done.

Next time I’ll do better, everything we do is practise for the next time

Also, does it need pressing? Yes, yes it does

24/10/2026

I made some Halloween costumes from my scraps.

Blouses based on a 19th century chemise I just made the sleeves wider one in linen and one in lace, neck ruffles made from gathered scraps and lace trims, bloomers made by tracing round my pyjama pants and adding extra inches for volume and some channels for elastic. Corsets embellished by flat laying fabric and adding vintage buttons and beads. They have featured in multiple previous costumes. Hats made with left over scraps of padded foam and covered to match

Everything blinged up with sequins and diamantés. All from my stash.

Just goes to show if you never throw anything away it really will eventually get used!

21/10/2026

I am deep into making Halloween costumes, pants will have to wait til November!
Birthday crown and birthday dress for my beautiful niece arrived safely in Uganda
Halloween bat cosy in his new home 💚

12/10/2026

Have you got a dressing up box???
Creating a space for all my costumes and props, this is just day one…..

08/10/2026

When the kids say the bat needs a tutu

You give the bat a tutu

Tutu made from a disused fishing net, one of those cheapy ones that gets used a few times and thrown in the back of the shed…..repurposed

04/10/2026

When your friend chooses a nonsense theme for her birthday party, Safety First. And she brings you a high vis jacket and asks you to make her a costume, with the brief, make it b***y.

I asked her for some photos but she didn’t send any so I stole them from her insta and included the one we took pre party

Btw. I went as a red flag. 🚩

03/10/2026

Scale skirt number 5 finished, posted and received. 🩶🤎🤍

Kate aka The Pentewan Po***ck is the absolutely amazing talent behind The Mermaids Tail UK, a real proper artist and creator so the pressure was felt for this one.

Her work is exceptional, inspired by the British coastline and our stunning fish and marine life she creates natural, realistic looking mermaid tails and beautiful silicone swim tops

To represent her own beautiful tail this scale skirt uses fabric scraps I’ve collected in neutral, n**e and sandy tones with a nod to the silvers and greys found on so many of our beautiful fish.

https://www.instagram.com/the_mermaids_tail_uk?stkn=MTV0cTA2NWwxbnhjcw==

02/10/2026

Not content with one bat, I’ve made a cauldron of bats….obviously all from scraps and repurposed fabric and obviously they have ensured that I completely ignored today’s to do list….meet the distraction bats 🖤🦇

They are all a little imperfect and wonky in their own special way, because done is better than perfect and I like individuality 💚

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