{"id":2023,"date":"2013-11-21T01:31:44","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T01:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=16741"},"modified":"2020-12-30T12:39:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:39:30","slug":"youngest-funky-friends-fanatic-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/youngest-funky-friends-fanatic-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngest Funky Friends Fanatic, EVER?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s awesome to see there is a new generation of kiddies getting into sewing. When I was growing up I was <strong>consider the ODD one out amongst my friends<\/strong> as I loved sewing stuff but they preferred BUYING stuff!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I like to ask how old (or young?) the children are that I see sewing their own Funky Friends toys. I KNOW their mums lend a hand a lot of the time BUT it&#8217;s still exciting to see someone so young who has been<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>bitten by <\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>the sewing bug!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16743\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"children-sewing-with-mum\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/children-sewing-with-mum.jpg\" alt=\"children sewing - with mum\" width=\"463\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Kinlee is only 6<\/strong>, but with her mum guiding her on the sewing machine, she sewed her own Kawaii Kuties FOX&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px;\" title=\"children's sewing patterns\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kinlee-age-61.jpg\" alt=\"children's sewing patterns\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I wanted to create a range of easy sewing patterns, so I designed the <a title=\"Kawaii Kuties Fox Sewing Pattern\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/patterns\/kawaii-kuties-easy-fox-instant-download-sewing-pattern-pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Kawaii Kuties Patterns<\/strong><\/span><\/a> especially for beginner sewers and children. They are <strong>quick and fun<\/strong> to whip up and they<strong> can be made from your scrap fabrics<\/strong> as they don&#8217;t use much fabric at all&#8230; <strong>and best of all &#8211; they look great in all sorts of colours and fabrics<\/strong> too!<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>LOOK Mum &#8211; it&#8217;s as easy as..<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1&#8230;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16760\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"children-sewing-pins\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/children-sewing-pins.jpg\" alt=\"children sewing - pins\" width=\"398\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2&#8230;<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16762\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"children-sewing-toys\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/children-sewing-toys.jpg\" alt=\"children sewing - toys\" width=\"400\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16761\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"children-sewing-scissors\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/children-sewing-scissors.jpg\" alt=\"children sewing - scissors\" width=\"414\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are looking for <strong>EASY patterns to sew with your children,<\/strong> you can take a peek at the list of easiest toy patterns on my blog post here &#8211; <a title=\"stuffed toy crafts for kids\" href=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/stuffed-toy-crafts-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/stuffed-toy-crafts-for-kids\/<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Well done Kinlee!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You are the youngest person I know to sew a Funky Friend (with a teeny bit of help from their mum)!!!<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Don&#8217;t you think she&#8217;s AMAZING???<\/h2>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;\" 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;\">.<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Till next time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Sewing, <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong> Pauline<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>xxx<\/strong> <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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone so young has already been bitten by the sewing bug!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-my-life","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023","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=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36498,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions\/36498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}