{"id":14992,"date":"2020-12-01T21:23:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=14992"},"modified":"2020-12-01T21:23:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:23:45","slug":"another-blue-merman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2020\/12\/another-blue-merman-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Blue Merman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is going to be 3 blue ones in all, in case you were wondering. That was how many were in my already sewed up pile and need to be finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-7-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-7-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-7-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-7.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I started working on this fellow, I was thinking he looked like a fancy Miami Beach Merman with his floral tail and coral-patterned ferns. I tried out some pinky-purple hair but it just wasn&#8217;t working for me. In the end, I choose some icy-green and it turned him into a much more serious fellow. He is is obviously from the warmer climes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-4-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-4-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-4-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-4.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-5.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-5-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-1-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His tail is made of vintage (mid-70&#8217;s?) Laura Ashley fabric. And yes, I have had the fabric in my stash since it was new! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My photos were not showing the tail as blue-green so I tried to adjust to make it more accurate. This is a little better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-2-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-2-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-2-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-2.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-3.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-8-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-8-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-8-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12-1-merman-3-8.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is going to be 3 blue ones in all, in case you were wondering. That was how many were in my already sewed up pile and need to be finished. When I started working on this fellow, I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2020\/12\/another-blue-merman-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,7],"tags":[458],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15001,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14992\/revisions\/15001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}