{"id":3022,"date":"2017-05-18T18:17:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2017-05-18T18:17:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:17:18","slug":"potholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/18\/potholders\/","title":{"rendered":"Potholders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week at our group’s meeting, one of our members showed us how to make some folded star potholders. Coincidentally, I needed a new pair, so I made these. They’re fairly thick with all of the folded fabric, and of course there’s insulation inside to prevent burns, so they should work quite well, in addition to being decorative! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

In other news, I’ve been busily rearranging my sewing room to better accommodate my new sewing machine cabinet. There are good things and bad about any arrangement, but this will have some advantages and minimal disadvantages. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week at our group’s meeting, one of our members showed us how to make some folded star potholders. Coincidentally, I needed a new pair, so I made these. They’re fairly thick with all of the folded fabric, and of course there’s insulation inside to prevent burns, so they should work quite well, in addition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-piecing","7":"category-quilting","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-MK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4385,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/16\/more-elephants\/","url_meta":{"origin":3022,"position":0},"title":"More elephants","author":"Sandy","date":"January 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I really admire elephants and their strong dedication to each other. 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