Jill - I've used towels as batting in the coasters - they wash well and sop up
water well.

I made those elasticized hair towels out of new towels and used the leftovers
as batting for the coasters.

BTW, folk - a quick gift is to make those elasticized hair towels...you can
make one out of the nice white towels at WalMart that cost $1.50 on sale...its
cheaper and better quality than the terry fabric I kept finding in the fabric
stores.

Merry
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