{"id":4578,"date":"2011-10-11T09:14:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T14:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=4578"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:17:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:17:19","slug":"coasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/11\/coasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashionable Cloth Coasters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Ever since America Online stopped stuffing my mailbox with their trial CDs, I really needed coasters! I’m not fond of the brown ring on my desk from my coffee cup, or the puddle left behind by my afternoon chilled beverages. Instead of using bland napkins from the supermarket, why not have something stylish and reusable? These coasters measure four inches square, are reversible, and can be stitched up in a matter of minutes!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I had tiny scraps of fabric from various projects that I couldn’t bring myself to throw away. Now these scraps are coasters!<\/p>\n

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Ever since America Online stopped stuffing my mailbox with their trial CDs, I really needed coasters! I’m not fond of the brown ring on my desk from my coffee cup, or the puddle left behind by my afternoon chilled beverages. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[864,21,20,3665],"class_list":["post-4578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sewing","tag-coasters","tag-crafts","tag-handmade","tag-sewing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1ed1x-coasters","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11579,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/30\/claires-sewing-machine\/","url_meta":{"origin":4578,"position":0},"title":"Claire’s Sewing Machine","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Claire was an elderly neighbor of my friend\u00a0Bill\u2019s\u00a0who passed away. 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