{"id":29374,"date":"2023-04-30T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T09:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=29374"},"modified":"2023-05-29T21:02:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T21:02:38","slug":"march-2023-maker-of-the-month-wins-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/march-2023-maker-of-the-month-wins-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2023 MAKER OF THE MONTH – wins a FREE Funky Friends Factory Pattern!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’re in for a treat with this month’s edition of the Maker of the Month finalists! Read down to the end of the post to find out who won.
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This sweet floweryversion of the Butch Bulldog pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/b> was sewn by Lindsay Lanteigne<\/strong>. She used felt for the eyes to make the toy baby-safe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Bulldog pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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I love how cute the Giddy Goat pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, sewn by Andrea Christensen<\/strong>, looks sewn in delightful daisy fabric!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sticking with the floral theme, this flowery pink Giddy Goat pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was sewn by Lesley Newall<\/strong>, isn’t she sweet?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Goat pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This lovely extra LARGE\u00a0 version of the Larry LION pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0was sewn by <\/span>Akrivi Fassa<\/b>. for her daughter – look how pleased she looks with her super-sized soft toy lion!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the LION pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This fluffy\u00a0Winsome Wolf pattern<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> sewn by Lynette Colley<\/strong> in pink and blue minky fabric makes me think of candy floss(fairy floss)!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gemma Addison<\/strong> sewed the Winsome Wolf pattern<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> as a weighted baby keepsake – she made the finished toy weigh the same as the baby’s birth weight!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Heidi Hardy<\/strong> sewed this amazing Winsome Wolf<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> memory toy from a baby receiving blanket. She added in the birth data details too – too cute!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Patterns for baby Keepsakes from onsies…<\/span><\/p>\n

The Penny Penguin pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span> is great for sewing a keepsake from small baby clothes items like a first onsie. These 2 baby keepsakes sewn by Belinda Cooper were made from a baby’s first babygrows.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Another keepsake pattern for small pieces of clothing<\/span><\/p>\n

Sue Squirrel pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a> sewn by Catherine Greenwood. I love the way she’s added a special button from the clothing to hold the arms together!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Squirrel pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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I love hearing how the funky friends soft toys people sew have brought joy and comfort to others. This precious Slowpoke Sloth<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/strong>was sewn by Mellini Sloan <\/strong>for her granny who she lives so far away from…<\/span><\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Sloth pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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The Mix and Match Monsters pattern is great for using up your leftover pieces of fabric from other projects as they look awesome in any colour. This fun bunch of Monsters was sewn Sandy Thurlow<\/strong> who said they were taking over her sewing space!
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Click HERE to purchase the Mix & Match Monsters pattern<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This pretty pair of Ollie Owls <\/strong>was sewn by Sally-Ann Huson<\/strong>. I think they look so jolly!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Ollie Owl Pattern\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> also looks amazing sewn in faux fur. This fluffy fellow was sewn by Diane Joy Kemple<\/strong>. Look how the owl holds her ipad!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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It’s lovely to see children getting into sewing with my easy patterns. Plattie Platypus is a very simple sewing pattern – as you can see from this happy feedback pic of Louise Tottons<\/strong> daughter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Platypus pattern.<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
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We also had LOTS of cute feedbacks photos of the Teddy Bear Patterns!<\/span><\/h2>\n

This colourful collection of Melody Memory Bears<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was sewn by Siobahn Hayes<\/strong>. She used her mother’s clothes so each member of the family had their own memory bear to keep her mother close.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This delightful line-up of Keep Me Keepsake Bears<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> were sewn by Gail McKnight Anderson <\/strong>of Gail’s Little Sewing Room<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gail also sewed this cute Keep Me Keepsake Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0with embroidered foot pads.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Victoria Rascinskis looks ‘proud as punch’ with her beautifully dressed Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>. He looks fabulous in his floral shirt and waistcoat! Victoria used my FREE Flat Cap pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to add his jaunty matching head wear!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This\u00a0 gorgeous keepsake version of Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>was sewn by Sara Summers Cruce Walston\u00a0<\/strong>for a great grand baby using her late husband’s fishing shirt and his fishing cuff links!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Buttons BEST DRESSED Bear pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0is great for a memory bear using jeans. Dee Ide Eames<\/strong> sewed this cutie and added the belt details from the jeans.<\/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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Ben the BEGINNER bears<\/a><\/strong><\/span> sewn by Elizabeth Perceival<\/strong> – the little teddy bear is reduced to 70% – isn’t she sweet?<\/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\u00a0to this month’s winner, <\/span>Rene Kolb<\/b> who sewed her first Funky Friends pattern – Randy the Rhino – in schwe schwe cloth which is an African printed cotton made in South Africa.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

CONGRATS! You win<\/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


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Happy Sewing,
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Click HERE to purchase the Rhino pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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