{"id":25601,"date":"2022-07-10T08:06:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T08:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=25601"},"modified":"2023-12-30T11:43:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T11:43:41","slug":"funky5000-winner-plus-even-more-me-my-funky-friend-contest-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/funky5000-winner-plus-even-more-me-my-funky-friend-contest-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"#Funky5000 Winner PLUS even more “Me & My Funky Friend” Contest Entries."},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt’s time to reveal the winner (chosen at random) of our #Funky5000 contest, or as I like to call it, \u201cMe and My Funky Friend.\u201d The first\u00a0 round-up of “Me and My Funky Friend” photos<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was such fun, so I thought you’d also like a part 2! What’s the occasion? We’re celebrating reaching 5000 members in our Funky Friends Factory Pattern Fan Club Group<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> with a competition. Read on to find out who the winner of the $50 gift voucher is, but first let’s look at some of the photos of people, pets, and their Funky Friends<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s Meet Some Makers…<\/span><\/h3>\n

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We got so many pics of gift recipients and their new plush pals, and I love seeing \u201ckids\u201d of all ages in the photos. <\/span>These two cuties got their own custom Edward and Edwina Elves<\/span><\/strong><\/a> sewn by Janet Roberta Mahoney<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Elf pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Shirley Bray<\/strong> surprised her co-worker with a sweet little\u00a0Butch Bulldog<\/strong><\/span><\/a> complete with a pink, polka dot ribbon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Bulldog pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Cheryl Bock<\/strong> whipped up an eight-legged pal in ”Australiana” fabric with the Ozzie Octopus pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Octopus pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Janeal Egbert\u2019s<\/strong> lovely mom (age 99 and \u00bd!) asked her for a blue bunny, and this Easter Bunny Buddy<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0now sits on her bed.
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Click HERE to purchase the Easter Bunny sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This bee-utiful little girl loves her Bumble the Bee<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> sewn by Janet O\u2019Neil Conlon<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Honey Teddy makes a great first Funky Friend. This baby\u2019s gift was sewn by Cassandra Helzer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking for a FREE teddy bear pattern?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Honey Teddy Bear is a free pattern that I give to my newsletter subscribers as a\u00a0 thank you gift. If you haven’t got the pattern already – scroll down to the bottom of the page and sign up for my newsletter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Melody Memory Bear Pattern <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>is great for sewing a memory bear from baby clothes. Look how happy this little girl is with her memory bear sewn by Jess Banks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I think she was a huge hit!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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The Melody Memory Bear Pattern <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>is also great for sewing a memory bear for a graduation. Theresa Daly<\/strong> used the free Funky Friends Factory mortar board pattern to make a special Melody Memory Bear<\/strong> for her granddaughter\u2019s graduation.
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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Want a FREE Mortar Board sewing pattern?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0You can use my free Mortar Board pattern (with video)<\/strong> to make a graduation hat for any Funky Friend, whether you want it to be an autograph toy or not (see the end of this post for more examples).<\/span><\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE for my
\nFREE MORTAR BOARD pattern!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mortar<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This young man\u2019s graduation Melody Bear was sewn from a collection of his school uniforms by Gail<\/b> McKnight<\/b> Anderson<\/b> of\u00a0Gail\u2019s Little Sewing Room<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Want to add a collar to your tie toy?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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CLICK HERE for
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\nto a Memory Bear<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

(Melody Memory Bear<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> above sewn by by\u00a0Gail McKnight Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0Gail\u2019s Little Sewing Room<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Calico Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> is also great for sewing a memory bear for a Christmas present. Ange A<\/strong>. sewed these 2 memory bears for her colleague’s daughters – to remember their Grandma.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This happy smiley Calico Bear <\/strong><\/span><\/a>was the first school uniform keepsake that <\/span>Kristy Grandfield<\/strong><\/span> sewed and it turned out great! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Calico Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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FREE printable tags:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the photo you can see that Kristy<\/strong> is using one of the free tags I designed for toy sellers and gift givers. In addition to a \u201chandmade with love\u201d tag, there\u2019s one pre-printed with proper copyright info so you don\u2019t have to format it yourself. There\u2019s even a tag you can use to give copyright credit to any pattern designer of any type of product, from purses to aprons. You can download several<\/span> tag designs for free HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Printable<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Here you can see the Ben BEGINNER Bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> sewn Nancy M.C. who repurposed some old blankets into this dapper little bear!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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This little fellow looks so pleased with the Digger Dachshund<\/strong><\/a><\/span> sewn for him by Lindsey Mortimer<\/strong>. I think it’s because he picked out the fabrics for his doggy himself!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Next up is a ginormous Minecraft theme Crocodile Steve sewn by Sadie Behr,<\/strong> who printed it out on A3 so it came to a length of 74cm. Sadie said she had so much fun bringing him to life and her daughter is crazy about him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Crocodile Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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HOW TO enlarge a toy pattern:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

For a tutorial on enlarging or reducing a pattern, go here:
\nHOW TO re-size a toy pattern!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here is a fun pic of some of the toys that Brenda Abernathy<\/strong> has sewn for her granddaughter!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Lion pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Jennifer Newman Brown<\/strong> donated this cute Ozzie Octopus<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> and William Whale<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> to her local library today. The librarians were super excited!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Whale pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Click HERE to purchase the Octopus pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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I LOVE this “action shot” of this<\/span> Mango Meerkat<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>sewn by Nicole DeGraw<\/strong>. Happiness is a joyride with a meerkat, right!?!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

\"Meerkat-sewing-pattern\"<\/p>\n

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Lamkins Lamb Pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> sewn by Carole Jenkins,<\/strong>\u00a0and fed by bottle by…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Lamkins Lamb pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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Sam Quincey sewed this sweet Daisy Dress Up Doll<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>. I don’t know who’s cuter – Daisy or her new owner?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Dress Up Doll Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Giraffe sewing pattern sewn by Brittney Quidachay<\/strong> in what I like to call “au naturale fabrics.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Look at this cute dog with it’s OWN toy dog… or dog toy – depending how you say it. This is Poppy the PUPPY Pattern sewn by Karen<\/b> Kowalik<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Poppy PUPPY Pattern<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What a fun pic of Laura Peters Cartoscelli<\/strong> – so many toys so little time?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Click HERE to purchase the Puppy Dog pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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Click HERE to buy the Triceratops pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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This cute kitty is verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry curious of the newly arrived Fifi Fox sewn by Jan S.C.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I think she approves of Fifi because she gave her a nose boop!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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A sweet Sammy Shark<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> submitted by Chris Barnes<\/strong>… I love the fishes on the TV in the background!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Sammy Shark pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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AND our winner is…<\/span><\/h1>\n

There were so many entries, I’m glad it was a lucky draw and I didn’t have to pick a winner! Congrats goes to this bunch of Calico and Melody Memory bears and their creator,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Glenda Newton<\/span>!<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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CONGRATS! You win<\/span>
\na $50 Funky Friends Factory
\nGift Voucher<\/span>!<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Want to win a
\nFREE toy pattern?<\/span><\/h1>\n

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It’s so EASY to enter the monthly Pattern GIVEAWAY! <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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\"Facebook<\/p>\n

ALL you need to do is post a photo<\/strong> of a FUNKY FRIENDS FACTORY toy that you have made<\/strong> on the<\/span> Funky Friends Factory Facebook Page<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of each month I draw a winner and post the winner’s name on the Blog the following MONTH. <\/strong>I have an Album on Facebook<\/strong> for all the MAKEROFTHEMONTH winners<\/strong>. You can check it out<\/span> HERE!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NOT on Facebook? ENTER by email! \ud83d\ude00<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

*** You can send me your photos by email too<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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So come on! Share your photos \u00a0~> The next winner could be YOU!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


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

Happy Sewing,
\nPauline
\n<\/span><\/strong>xxx<\/span>
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It’s time to reveal the winner (chosen at random) of our #Funky5000 contest, or as I like to call it, \u201cMe and My Funky Friend.\u201d The first\u00a0 round-up of “Me and My Funky Friend” photos was such fun, so I thought you’d also like a part 2! What’s the occasion? We’re celebrating reaching 5000 members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25920,"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-25601","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\/07\/500jess.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25601","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=25601"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25931,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25601\/revisions\/25931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}