{"id":2004,"date":"2013-06-13T15:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T15:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=15568"},"modified":"2019-02-05T10:45:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:45:33","slug":"new-easy-patterns-for-sewing-kawaii-animal-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/new-easy-patterns-for-sewing-kawaii-animal-dolls\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW easy patterns for sewing Kawaii Animal Dolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sooooo excited to show you my <strong>newest range of easy soft toy patterns<\/strong> which were inspired by my recent <strong><a title=\"Fabric shopping in Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/fabric-shopping-in-japan\/\">trip to Japan!<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I have called this range<br \/>\nKawaii Kuties&#8230; <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>as these pattens are  for toys that all have OVER-SIZED heads and HUGE eyes which gives them a  typical <strong>kawaii look<\/strong>. IF you&#8217;re not sure <strong>what kawaii means &#8211; it&#8217;s the Japanese word for CUTE<\/strong>. A perfect example is &#8216;Hello Kitty&#8217; but if you think of\u00a0  bright, colourful, small baby animals that instantly make you go<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Awwwwww &#8211;\u00a0 THAT&#8217;s CUTE!&#8221;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>then you&#8217;re on the right track!!! Here are some of the <strong>fabulous kawaii fabrics<\/strong> I have used for these<strong> easy animal doll patterns!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Kawaii-Japanese-fabric\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kawaii-Japanese-fabric.jpg\" alt=\"kawaii Japanese fabric\" width=\"520\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was <strong>only going to make one kawaii easy toy pattern <\/strong>but<strong> <\/strong>I got so excited designing my first kawaii soft toy&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>that I ended up making THREE!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15583 aligncenter\" title=\"kawaii-animal-doll-patterns-10\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/kawaii-animal-doll-patterns-10.jpg\" alt=\"kawaii animal doll patterns\" width=\"520\" height=\"312\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>So far I have designed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a <a title=\"SQUIRREL Animal Doll Sewing Pattern\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/instant-downloads\/kawaii-kuties-easy-squirrel-instant-download-sewing-pattern-pdf\"><strong>SQUIRREL Toy Pattern<\/strong><\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Japanese Tanuki - RACOON Animal Doll Sewing Pattern\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/instant-downloads\/kawaii-kuties-easy-tanuki-racoon-instant-download-sewing-pattern-pdf\">a Japanese TANUKI or RACOON Toy Pattern<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>and <a title=\"FOX Animal Doll Sewing Pattern\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/instant-downloads\/kawaii-kuties-easy-fox-instant-download-sewing-pattern-pdf\"><strong>a FOX Toy Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>but I am sure<strong> there&#8217;ll be more<\/strong> as they were<strong> so much fun to design and make!!!<\/strong><br \/>\n<br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/h1>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/><br \/>\nThese easy patterns make a <strong>perfect first sewing project <\/strong>for a beginner because they are <strong>QUICK and FUN to make<\/strong>. They will be great for using up your fabric stash and make cute baby toys too! The <strong>Kawaii Kuties Patterns include links to get the patterns for the felt DRESS and PANTS <\/strong>so you can have fun dressing up your little animal dolls once you have sewn them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong>simple DRESS PATTERN<\/strong> is made with only<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>one piece of felt!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15578 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"dress-pattern\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dress-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"dress pattern\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The felt <strong>PANTS SEWING PATTERN<\/strong> is just as simple and made from ONLY one piece too! I have to say, I think <strong>the pants look cutest from behind &#8211; haha!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What a sweet little bottom!!!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\ud83d\ude00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15579 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"10.pants-cute-back\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/10.pants-cute-back.jpg\" alt=\"pants cute back!\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>I wonder which Kawaii Kutie you&#8217;ll want to make first?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<br \/>\n<strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Till next time\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Sewing,<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong> Pauline<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>xxx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/media\/wysiwyg\/page-images\/A-facebook-badge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/media\/wysiwyg\/page-images\/facebook_icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"119\" \/>PS:<\/p>\n<p>I LOVE to see how your Funky Friends Factory toys turn out ~&gt;<br \/>\nShow them off by posting a photo on my <strong>Funky Friends Factory Facebook page<\/strong> and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">YOU could win a FREE PATTERN in my <a title=\"Pattern Giveaway on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/make-my-monday-pattern-giveaway-on-facebook\/\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>weekly FACEBOOK Pattern Prize Giveaway!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter 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<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got so excited designing my first kawaii animal toy pattern that I ended up making THREE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-new-softie-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dress-pattern.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}