{"id":1849,"date":"2010-07-04T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2021-07-12T01:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T01:10:46","slug":"introducing-stu-and-the-winners-of-the-new-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/introducing-stu-and-the-winners-of-the-new-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Stu and the WINNERS of the NEW pattern&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hey, it\u2019s time to introduce<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/stu-the-sea-turtle-stuffed-toy-sewing-pattern-instant-download\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Stu the Sea Turtle Pattern <\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">and announce the winners of the GUESS the next pattern competition &#8211; I think I have kept everyone in suspense for long enough! I have taken the extra time to &#8216;polish&#8217; the pattern so he\u2019d be extra cute,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">&#8230;so I hope you think he was worth the wait! Without further ado, let me introduce you to<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Stu the<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>S-E-A\u00a0 \u00a0T-U-R-T-L-E !<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1692 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A8A5A9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Soft-toy-sea-turtle-pattern.web-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Well, lots of you guessed right but I think I managed to keep a few of you in the dark, as Stu\u2019s flippers looked rather dragon-like in purple!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stu, is made from cotton quilting fabrics BUT he will also look great made in fleece and corduroy, for some lovely texture too.\u00a0I wanted to make him a boy, as he is named after Stu, who is a fabulous Funky Friends Facebook fan, and I have to say, I am very pleased at how nicely he turned out in these bright, bold, boyish colours. He\u2019ll make an awesome toy for boys, but I\u2019m sure you can make up a really gorgeous, girly-pink turtle too!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And now for the winners!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">CONGRATULATIONS to:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Amanda<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Brittany<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Nat Mardon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Jan Koch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Karen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Hannah<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Cat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Kayt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Julie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Kath<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">&#8230; and the 5 random guessers are:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Marie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Colleen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Sheila Kelly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Annabel<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Helen<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-family: segoe;\">Yeeeeeehar!!!!!! <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">I will be emailing out your patterns in the next day or two, so please look out, in your in-boxes or Spam folders (in case your Prize Pattern goes astray!) Thanks so much to everyone who took part, and the lovely feedback and great ideas for NEW patterns too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/stu-the-sea-turtle-stuffed-toy-sewing-pattern-instant-download\"><strong>Stu SEA TURTLE Pattern<\/strong><\/a> is available now, from the Funky Friends Factory website, if you didn&#8217;t win him and just HAVE to have him NOW!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">I&#8217;d love to know what you think of Stu, so please post a comment and let me know&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4105\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Bye for now,<strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Pauline<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, it\u2019s time to introduce Stu the Sea Turtle Pattern and announce the winners of the GUESS the next pattern competition &#8211; I think I have kept everyone in suspense for long enough! 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