WOW! When did THAT happen?!?!

This week (July 2026) the Funky Friends Factory Patterns Fan Club reached 13000 members and I have decided to celebrate with a COMPETITION!

 

🥰Yeeeehar!!!🥳

 

 

 

📸 It’s a photo competition: Hold up your toy and say “Cheese!”🧀

We LOVE to see your smiling faces. So for this competition I have decided that to enter… you need to post a pic in the Pattern Fan Club Group AND the photo must be – of yourself OR your gift recipients OR your pet with a Funky Friends Factory toy YOU have sewn!

Example 1.
Post a photo of YOU and your Funky Friend!

Photo credit: Digger Dachshund sewn by Carolyn-Lewis.

Click HERE to buy the Dachshund pattern.

 

Example 2.
Post a photo of your GIFT RECIPIENT
(Look who got my toy!)

Photo credit: Melody Memory Bear Pattern sewn by Donna Gasparetto Kirk.

Click HERE to buy the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.

 

Example 3.
Post a photo of your PET!
(if you are SHY!)

Photo credit: Larry Lion Pattern sewn by Paula Blevins.

Click HERE to buy the LION pattern.

 

WHAT can you WIN?

I thought it would be a LOT MORE FUN if we had MORE than one winner ~> So we are going to have 13 LUCKY WINNERS and each winner will get a Funky Friends Factory Pattern… of their choice!

HOW TO ENTER:

It’s easy to be in the running to win! Just post a photo of ANY Funky Friends Factory Pattern that YOU have sewn, before August 14 2026. The photo must be of yourself with the toy OR your gift recipients with the toy OR your pet with the toy that YOU have sewn in the Pattern Fan Club Group

 

 

NOT a Club Member yet?

If you’re NOT already a group member of our Facebook group
CLICK HERE to find out how YOU can join in the FUN!

 

 

 

How is the winner drawn?

I want E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E to have a chance to win a PRIZE – so don’t worry if you haven’t sewn a toy before – your toy doesn’t have to be perfect!

AND… don’t worry, you
DON’T need to BUY a pattern
to enter!!!!

You can use ANY Funky Friends Factory pattern – even my Free Honey Teddy Pattern (so everyone can enter!)🥳

Not on Facebook?

Don’t stress, you can simply email us your photo here. 

 

Want an extra chance to WIN?

1. Share the picture BELOW, on your Social Media (Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram etc).
2. Use the hashtag #Funky13000 so we can find your entry –
3. and leave a comment below to let us know WHERE you shared the competition!

 

 

Still wondering what kind of pic to post?

It can be a simple selfie with a toy or a fun group photo. Here are some examples of photo entries from our #Funky5000 contest!

Photo credit: Lamkins Lamb pattern sewn by Carol Jenkins.

Click HERE to buy the Lamb pattern.

 

Photo credit: Ben the BEGINNER Bear pattern sewn by Nancy M Ciccosanti.

Click HERE to buy the BEGINNER Bear pattern.

 

Photo credit: Melody Memory Bear, Kitty Kate Cat pattern and Ellie Elephant sewn by Jan stoner Chrzanowski.

Click HERE to buy the Fox Pattern

 

*** Get you entry in before ***
14 AUGUST 2026 
(midnight in YOUR time zone)

The winner will be drawn  using random.org and announced here on the blog AND on the Funky Friends Factory Facebook Group page.

 

 

Oooh, good luck EVEYONE!!!!! 🥰

Till next time, happy sewing,

Pauline
xxx