{"id":24747,"date":"2022-04-18T05:21:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T05:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=24747"},"modified":"2025-01-29T05:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:30:04","slug":"easter-sewing-competition-winner-announced-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/easter-sewing-competition-winner-announced-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter 2022 SEWING COMPETITION winner announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second annual Funky Friends Factory EASTER SEWING<\/span> COMPETITION was a massive hit! We had more Easter theme toys posted than Christmas theme toys, and they were adorable. I was really glad the competition was a DRAW and I didn’t have to choose a winner myself! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out some of the
\nGORGEOUS entries,
\nand the winner is announced
\nbelow, too…<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Easter Bunny Sewing Pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Easter Bunny Buddies pattern was the most popular contest entry pattern. First up – Shirley.L.<\/b>\u00a0sewed this BEAUTIFUL version of the Easter Bunny Pattern<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and posed him in the garden hunting for Easter eggs!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Easter<\/p>\n

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Janet Roberta Murphy<\/b> used a fluffy polka dot fabric for this Personalized version of the Easter Bunny Buddies<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 – soooooooo cute!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Easter<\/p>\n

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Don’t you love an Easter basket? Barbara Matul<\/b> sewed this\u00a0Easter Bunny Buddy<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0using dimple minky (ears) and cotton (body) for her granddaughter’s first Easter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Easter<\/p>\n

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I’m sure this coordinating pair of\u00a0Easter Bunny Buddies <\/strong><\/a><\/span>sewn by D’Jauna Connor<\/b> made some kids smile on Easter morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Easter<\/p>\n

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Courtney Schreiner<\/b>\u00a0of Monkey in the Mailbox<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> says she found a small scrap of rainbow print minky and sized down the Easter Bunny Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to 80 percent so it fit perfectly on the tummy! Isn’t it adorable?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Easter<\/p>\n

Click HERE to purchase the Easter Bunny sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Baby Bunny Sewing Pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

Funky Friends fans are always so generous, and Shelley Noisette<\/b> is a great example. She sewed these 17\u00a0Baby Bunnies<\/span><\/strong><\/a> for the kindergarten Sunday School class at her church! <\/span><\/p>\n

I love how
\neach one is different!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Baby-Bunny-sewing-pattern-sewn-by-shelleynoisette\"<\/p>\n

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Linda McNally Siedlecki<\/b> says that sewing Funky Friends is her de-stress solution! I think that this purple Baby Bunny<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0would reduce holiday stress for anyone \ud83d\udc97.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

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Tina Lucera<\/b> picked a pastel rainbow fabric for her Baby Bunnies<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and it reminds me of sorbet or sherbet ice cream!! Don’t they look cute all posed together?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Baby Bunny pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\"Baby<\/p>\n

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Kawaii Bunny Sewing Pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

The easiest bunny pattern in the Funky Friends collection is the Kawaii Kuties Bunny Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/span>. Here’s a fun trio in bright colors. I can’t find the name of the maker of these toys, so if these are your bunnies, please contact our Facebook group admin to claim them!<\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Kawaii Bunny Pattern<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Easter Chick Sewing Pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

How fun are these fabulous fluffy versions of<\/span> Egghead the Easter Chick<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0sewn by Laila Pye!<\/b> I like how faux fur can simulate chick fluff and lamb fuzz equally well in a soft toy! \ud83d\udc23
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\"Egghead<\/p>\n

Click HERE to purchase the Egghead Easter Chick pattern.<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
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Lamb Sewing Pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

Darvi Mayo<\/b> used a sherpa-style fabric for her version\u00a0of\u00a0 Lamkins Lamb.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\"Lamkins-Lamb-pattern-sewn-by-Darvi-Mayo\"<\/p>\n

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\nThese fleece\u00a0Lamkins Lamb <\/strong><\/a><\/span>twins sewn by Caroline Hillyard<\/b> look happy-go-lucky and ready to greet the world.
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\"Lamb<\/p>\n

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Dogs love getting in on the Easter fun, too! Rider D’Souza<\/b> posed this enlarged version of Lamkins Lamb <\/b><\/a><\/span>with her pet. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Lamb<\/p>\n

AND…<\/span><\/p>\n

she also made this delightfully fluffy fellow in Frosted Shaggy Sand Luxe Cuddle\u00ae<\/strong> fabric<\/span><\/a> from Shannon Fabrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Lamb<\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Lamkins Lamb pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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Duck Sewing Pattern<\/span><\/h2>\n

This year was definitely the “year of the duck”<\/strong> in the Easter Competition. Dilby Duckling<\/b>\u00a0was popping up almost daily in our Facebook group.<\/span> <\/b><\/span>Rachelle Ingram<\/b> sewed this lemony duck from Shannon Fabrics Luxe and C3 Cuddle. If you’re looking for the perfect duck bill orange, this shade is called “pumpkin.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bright cottons in contrasting prints make these Dilby Ducklings by Gail McKnight Anderson<\/b>\u00a0cute centerpieces for any Easter basket.
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This is one of my favorite ducklings ever! Rindy Hargraves<\/b> made this “grumpy little duckling” – isn’t he adoarable?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Julie Coward<\/b> made a whole quartet of Easter friends. From left to right are Egghead Easter Chick, Lamkins Lamb, Dilby Duck, and Easter Bunny Buddy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Dilby Duck pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Easter Memory Bear<\/span><\/h2>\n

You don’t have to use an Easter theme pattern to make a great Easter gift! Jonell Hart<\/b> turned Melody Memory Bear into a beautiful Easter gift for her granddaughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Melody<\/p>\n

Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Pat Pruitt <\/b>sewed this gorgeous Giddy Goat for an Easter surprise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Goat<\/p>\n

Click HERE to purchase the Goat pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\"Goat<\/p>\n

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AND… Our winner is…<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Louise Pyper<\/b><\/span>, who posted her cheerful version of the Egghead Easter Chick<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>! The “eggshell hat” is pretty perfect here, Louise! <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Egghead<\/span><\/p>\n

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CONGRATS Louise!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

You win a Funky Friends Factory Pattern GIFT VOUCHER valued at $50!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Gift-Voucher-50<\/p>\n

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I have LOVED seeing your Easter Funky Friends this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

THANK YOU to everyone who entered!\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\"Pauline<\/span>
\nTill next time<\/strong>,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pauline
\n<\/strong>xxx<\/strong> <\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second annual Funky Friends Factory EASTER SEWING COMPETITION was a massive hit! We had more Easter theme toys posted than Christmas theme toys, and they were adorable. I was really glad the competition was a DRAW and I didn’t have to choose a winner myself!   Check out some of the GORGEOUS entries, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24759,"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":[19,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-competitions-giveaways"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Easter-bunny-sewing-pattern-sewn-by-janetrobertamurphysquare.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24747","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24747"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36138,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24747\/revisions\/36138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}