{"id":102,"date":"2025-05-30T19:24:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patchworkpeople.org\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:15:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patchworkpeople.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"102\" class=\"elementor elementor-102\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ddfe08 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73ddfe08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fef4622 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fef4622\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be30b80 animated-fast elementor-widget__width-inherit 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