{"id":28397,"date":"2023-03-27T06:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T06:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=28397"},"modified":"2023-05-07T07:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T07:41:24","slug":"win-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/win-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern-feb\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2023 MAKER OF THE MONTH – wins a FREE Funky Friends Factory Pattern!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month’s edition of the Maker of the Month finalists includes all sorts of sweet home sewn toys from llamas to sloth toys, an owl softie and some cat toys too! Read down to the end of the post to find out who won!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Let’s take a look\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rae Pajkos Waters<\/strong> sewed this hearts and rainbows Lloyd Llama<\/strong><\/a><\/span> – what a funky, happy softie!!!
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Click HERE to purchase the Llama & Alpaca Pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Anne Line Wathne<\/strong> sewed this adorable Slowpoke Sloth in Cuddle fabrics. Isn’t her sloth toy too adorable for words?<\/span><\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Sloth pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This FUN, floral Heather Hippo was sewn by Diana Sageser. If you look closely at her ears you’ll see the sweet heart fabric Diana added for the highlights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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An owl and a pussy cat next!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

This sweet Kitty Kate Cat was sewn by Carrie Anciaux<\/strong> as a keepsake for her niece.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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This sweet Kitty Kate Cat was ALSO sewn by Carrie Anciaux<\/strong> as a keepsake for her niece.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase this Cat pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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I love the combination of fabric textures and prints – fun florals look great with rainbow stripes and dimple Cuddle! This pretty awesome Patch Pussy Cat was sewn by Lindsey Mortimer<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Cat Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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We had some super cute memory bears this month!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

This delightful baby-faced Calico Signature Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was sewn by Jaqueline Elliot<\/strong>. I love the cute forest themed fabric she used for her teddy bear<\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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She loved her 1st\u00a0 Calico Signature Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> so much she went on to sew another in Bambi fabric<\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Signature Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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And one more… or is that TWO?<\/span><\/p>\n

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These adorable “Baby’s 1st Christmas memory bears” were sewn by Bernadette Walsh<\/strong> using the Keep Me Keepsake Bear Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span>…. “all you’d want for Christmas is 2 teddy bears”!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This happy keepsake Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>was sewn by Stephanie Wells <\/strong>her daughter who used to tease her about wearing this Nike shirt till it was “worn down to threads”. Her bear doesn’t look very thread bare to me – it looks pretty smart to me!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And this\u00a0 gorgeous keepsake version of Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>was sewn by Lois Rankin.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Looking for a *FREE*
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This a FREE toy TIE Pattern that I designed for Mitch the monkey.\u00a0I am sure the tie can be adapted for other Funky Friends toys and dolls if you like!<\/span><\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE for
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We had lots of AWESOME Unicorn keepsakes this month!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Look at these 2 gorgeous<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Kelsy Keepsake Unicorns<\/strong><\/a><\/span> sewn by Teri Wolff<\/strong> – they are so perfect they ALMOST look like a reflection!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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Who knew Kelsey would look<\/span>
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This pretty baby keepsake Kelsy Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span> was sewn by Odette <\/strong>of<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Oddity’s Tiny Shiny Craft Shed<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>, in New Zealand – isn’t she sweet ~ the keepsake unicorn, I mean… and Odette too?!\u00a0<\/span>
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Nicole Schivas<\/strong> said she loved sewing this sweet keepsake Kelsy Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span>…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and felt the photo tutorial helped a lot with the button jointing.<\/span>
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And this flowery Kelsy Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span>…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> was sewn by Dawn Wylie. Look how she’s picked up the colours in the fabric for the felt flowers – soooooo cute! \ud83c\udf38<\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Unicorn pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Robin Mundell<\/strong> sewed this very special memory bear for her significant other\u2019s grandchild. I’m sure that such a sweet teddy bear will bring a lot of comfort in sad times. Robin said she found the BEGINNER teddy bear pattern<\/a><\/strong> d-easy to construct because the directions are so detailed – which is a good thing as she had 3 memory bears to make!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the BEGINNER teddy bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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AND this month\u2019s winner is…<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Congrats to this month’s winner, <\/span>Rae Pajkos Waters<\/b>.\u00a0 Don’t you love Rae’s bright and cheerful version of the Melody Memory Bear Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

CONGRATS! You win<\/span>
\na FREE Funky Friends Factory Pattern ~><\/span>
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Want to win a
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It’s so EASY to enter the Pattern GIVEAWAY! <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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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><\/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
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Click HERE to purchase the Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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