{"id":2059,"date":"2014-10-24T14:02:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=18637"},"modified":"2020-12-30T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:04:29","slug":"panda-hand-puppets-featured-in-homespun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/panda-hand-puppets-featured-in-homespun\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Hand Puppets featured in Homespun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was so excited to see my <strong>Panda Hand Puppets sewing pattern<\/strong> in the latest issue of <strong>Australian Homespun magazine<\/strong>. Projects have to be submitted 6 months in advance so by the time the magazine hits the shelves you&#8217;ve almost forgotten you&#8217;re in it!<\/p>\n<p>Over-excitable as EVER, I couldn&#8217;t resist buying a copy in the store even though I subscribe to the magazine PLUS you get sent a copy if you are in the magazine. <strong>It was just such a colourful jam-packed issue &#8211; who could blame me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The glorious front cover giraffe sucked me in&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18638\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Homespun-October-2014-Vol.15\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-October-2014-Vol.15.jpg\" alt=\"Homespun October 2014 !0l 10.15\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AND there are so many yummy projects besides my little <strong>PandaPuppets<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18643\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Homespun-puppets-funky-friends-factory\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-puppets-funky-friends-factory.jpg\" alt=\"Homespun puppets funky friends factory\" width=\"506\" height=\"541\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><!--more--><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The awesome giraffe bedspread from the cover was designed by <strong>Natasha Curtin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18642\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Homespun-October-2014-Vol.15-Natasha-Curtin\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-October-2014-Vol.15-Natasha-Curtin.jpg\" alt=\"Natasha Curtin\" width=\"175\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I think it would look amazing in any little boy&#8217;s or girl&#8217;s room&#8230; or doubled up it could even be made into an adult-sized cover for ME????<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18640\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Homespun-giraffe-bedspread\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-giraffe-bedspread.jpg\" alt=\"Homespun giraffe bedspread\" width=\"468\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loved the colourful\u00a0 Pinterest feature on <strong>Twinkie Chan<\/strong>. She&#8217;s a <strong>crochet pattern designer<\/strong> who makes <strong>food shaped scarves<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">how cool are these scarves?<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18644\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Homespun-October-2014-Vol.15-Twinkie-Chan-crochet-scarves\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-October-2014-Vol.15-Twinkie-Chan-crochet-scarves.jpg\" alt=\"Homespun October 2014 Vol.15 Twinkie Chan crochet scarves\" width=\"520\" height=\"496\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The colourful projects continue with these bright and cheerful <strong>Felt Crowns<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18645\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"felt-crown-Sarah-Hanson-Dolls-and-Daydreams\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/felt-crown-Sarah-Hanson-Dolls-and-Daydreams.jpg\" alt=\"felt crown Sarah Hanson Dolls and Daydreams\" width=\"416\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">designed by the lovely <strong>Sarah Hanson<\/strong> of <strong>Dolls &amp; Daydreams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18647\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Homespun-Sarah-Hanson-Dolls-&amp;-Daydreams\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-Sarah-Hanson-Dolls-Daydreams.jpg\" alt=\"Homespun Sarah hanson Dolls &amp; Daydreams\" width=\"347\" height=\"416\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the block of the month&#8230; don&#8217;t you LOVE the cute snail amongst the fruits and leaves? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18648\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Homespun-Happiness-Quilt-Monica-Poole\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-Happiness-Quilt-Monica-Poole.jpg\" alt=\"Homespun Happiness Quilt - Monica poole\" width=\"520\" height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This quilt is designed by <strong>Monica Poole<\/strong> and is called <strong>the Happiness Quilt. <\/strong>Even though I am NOT a quilter I simply LOVE the colours and shapes of this quilt &#8211; as\u00a0 As the name says &#8211; it just makes me happy when I look at it! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18649\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Monica-Poole\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Monica-Poole.jpg\" alt=\"Monica Poole\" width=\"315\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is a real honour to be included in such a fun magazine with all these talented gals&#8230;. still I don&#8217;t really think I need 3 copies of the magazine!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Do you subscribe to Homespun or would you like to win one of my extra copies?<\/h1>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over-excitable as EVER, I couldn&#8217;t resist buying a copy on the spot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11965,"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-2059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-my-life","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homespun-October-2014-Vol.15-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059","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=2059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17228,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions\/17228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}