{"id":4736,"date":"2022-03-24T07:14:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2022-03-24T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:14:29","slug":"mug-rugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/24\/mug-rugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mug rugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_0268.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4737\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_0268.jpeg?resize=273%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"floral mug rugs for March and April\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_0268.jpeg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_0268.jpeg?resize=932%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 932w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_0268.jpeg?resize=768%2C844&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_0268.jpeg?w=1165&amp;ssl=1 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfranstitchco.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Stitch Company<\/a> has lots of wonderful designs available, and I&#8217;ve made some of them in the past &#8212; all with no problems at all, as was the case here. They recently released the beginning of a monthly series of designs for mug rugs, though the designs could also be used for a quilt. I didn&#8217;t make the first couple, but I&#8217;ve made the March and April ones now, both of which will be gifts. The instructions are complete and easy to follow, so I can foresee making a few more, as the occasion arises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco Stitch Company has lots of wonderful designs available, and I&#8217;ve made some of them in the past &#8212; all with no problems at all, as was the case here. They recently released the beginning of a monthly series of designs for mug rugs, though the designs could also be used for a [&hellip;]<\/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":[1],"tags":[193],"class_list":{"0":"post-4736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-embroidery","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1eo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4752,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/more-mug-rugs\/","url_meta":{"origin":4736,"position":0},"title":"More mug rugs","author":"Sandy","date":"April 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I've made more of the mug rugs designed by San Francisco Stitch Company. These two will go to our daughters for Mother's Day, though they reflect their birthdays. 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Ugh.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Embroidery&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"auditioning motifs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5455,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/09\/15\/another-mug-rug\/","url_meta":{"origin":4736,"position":3},"title":"Another mug rug","author":"Sandy","date":"September 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had this design for a couple of months and finally got around to making it today. 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