{"id":31869,"date":"2024-01-01T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=31869"},"modified":"2024-01-03T00:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T00:31:40","slug":"funky8000-winner-plus-even-more-cute-contest-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/funky8000-winner-plus-even-more-cute-contest-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"#Funky8000 Winner PLUS even more cute Contest Entries!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeeeehar!!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s time to reveal the winner (chosen at random) of our #Funky8000 contest! The first\u00a0 round-up of the #Funky8000 Competition EARLY photos<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was such fun, so I thought you’d also like a part TWO! What’s the occasion? We’re celebrating reaching 8000 members in our Funky Friends Factory Pattern Fan Club<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0with a competition. Read on to find out who the winner of the $80 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

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First, Let’s Meet Some Toy Makers…<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

This fun pic was submitted by Annette Bray<\/strong>\u00a0after a sewing retreat… Look at all these GORGEOUS Tula Pink fabrics sewn into Funky friends toys!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Giraffe pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nMonika Groh<\/strong> says she loves the I love her Ellie Elephant<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>t which she made in memory of her mother who loved elephants and the colour blue. \ud83d\udc99<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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This pretty purple Ben the BEGINNER Bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0was sewn by Pam Tatam. \ud83d\udc9c<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the BEGINNER Bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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Happiness is sewing with Grammy!!!! <\/span><\/p>\n

This pics was sent in by Robin Paolucci Ullian<\/strong> who sewed Patch Pussy Cat <\/strong><\/a><\/span> WITH her granddaughter!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Cat Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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This beautiful Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear pattern <\/strong><\/a><\/span>was sewn by Jonell Hart<\/strong>! He looks so happy and jolly in his yellow polka dot shirt – this pics just makes me smile! \ud83d\ude0a<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Patricia Vis van Lier<\/strong> sent in this pic of her holding her super cute Diggles Dragon<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0– she’s says it was her very first – that means there are more cute dragons to come!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Dragon Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Linda Goodman used the <\/strong>Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> to make a memory bear out of her father’s clothes. What a lovely keepsake!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Heather Vickers\u2019 <\/strong>daughter Ellie is only 8, but she was determined to sew her own toy this winter break. With a little help, she made a fantastic \u201cAll I want for Christmas Santa<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\u201d <\/strong>Great job, Ellie!
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Click HERE to buy the Santa Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Lots of Makers sewed the FREE Honey Teddy Bear Pattern!\ud83d\udc3b\ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

C. C. White <\/strong>made this bright yellow version of the FREE Honey Teddy Bear<\/strong> for her 1 year-old and she says he loves it!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Leigh Harris sent this cute pic of herself with 3 verrrrrrrry cute Free Honey Teddy Bears before she sent them off to their new home in Cambodia.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rachel Clarke<\/strong> sewed these 2 fluffy versions of the FREE Honey Teddy Bear. These precious memory bears were made out of her mum\u2019s dressing gowns.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking for a FREE teddy bear pattern that’s easy AND cute?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Honey Teddy Bear is a free pattern that I give to my newsletter subscribers as a\u00a0 thank you gift when they sign up to receive my newsletter. 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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Next we have some happy recipients of Funky Friends toys!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Belinda Butterfly<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is the first Funky Friends Factory soft toy pattern Sandy Cline<\/strong> made. She says she chose Belinda for her great niece’s 1st birthday, using remnants from the Flutter the Butterfly baby quilt she’d previously made for her. \u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Butterfly Sewing Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Lisa Nelson<\/strong> of Sewn for You Keepsakes<\/a><\/strong><\/span> submitted this entry of her youngest with his funky friend bugs – 3 Belinda Butterflies<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0a Bumble he Bee<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> and a Lily Ladybug<\/strong><\/span><\/a>! \ud83e\udd70<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Click HERE to buy the Ladybug pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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The Horsey Horse & Unix Unicorn Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span> makes either animal – a horse or unicorn.<\/span>\u00a0This Unix Unicorn was the first toy Janis Moore<\/strong> ever made! Her granddaughter lives Unix and named her \u201cRainbow Sparkle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Horsey Horse & Unix Unicorn Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> makes either animal – a horse or unicorn. This little girl loves her horse sewn for her by Natalie Booysen<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Horse & Unicorn Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Brittany Clagg<\/strong> made this Baby Bunny<\/strong><\/span><\/a> out of her daughter\u2019s favorite blanket when it accidentally got ripped in half. She wanted her favorite part sewn onto its hand to rub on!\u00a0Awwww sweet! \ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Baby Bunny pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Lots of people sewed Melody Memory bears for Christmas presents!<\/span><\/p>\n

This sweet pic was submitted by Kathy Day<\/strong> – who sewed Melody Memory Bears<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for her\u00a0 three grandkids.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AND this Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> present was sewn by Dana Smith…. \ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nJulie Childe<\/strong> made this baby a Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> using her recently-outgrown baby clothes. <\/span><\/p>\n

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This HUGE Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> was enlarged to 200% by Anne Morrisette McLeod<\/strong> . This was her first time enlarging a pattern! Her granddaughter is taking a nap with Melody in this pic, which was one of the most popular posted for the contest. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Want to know HOW TO RESIZE a toy pattern?<\/strong><\/span><\/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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Jennifer Eggleton<\/strong> sewed a Ben the BEGINNER Bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> for her son for Christmas. He looks pretty happy with his new teddy bear! <\/span><\/p>\n

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AND Sara Summers Cruce Walston<\/strong> sewed this pretty Ben the BEGINNER Bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0for her teenage granddaughter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the BEGINNER Bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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Gemma Addison<\/strong> sewed an enlarged the\u00a0 Puppy Dog Pete<\/strong><\/span><\/a> pattern 200%, and sewed it from school uniforms… and says her daughter fell in love with it \"\ud83d\ude0d\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Deb LaBelle<\/strong> made this Puppy Dog Pete<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> and this baby seems not to want to let him go!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Christine Whitehead<\/strong> sent in this pic of the recipient of a birthday Digger the Dachshund!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Jacqui Wooding submitted this pic of this cute Kelsey Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span> with her loving owner and her brother – what sweet siblings!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Keepsake Unicorn pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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This sweet pic of Slowpoke the Sloth<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and a very happy recipient was submitted by Sylvie Corneau<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Sloth pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Judie French<\/strong> made this rainbow version of Gertie Gecko<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for her granddaughter, who named her \u201cRainbow\u201d for obvious reasons!<\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Gecko Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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What a cute Slush the Snowma<\/strong><\/a>n<\/span><\/span> sewn by Sandie Vajgrt Oravec!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Snowman pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Not just for Kids!<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

As you’ve seen in the pics above, adults are thrilled to get a Funky Friends Factory toy, too! Joanne Akrill made Georgie Good Luck Elephant as a clothing keepsake for this lady, and Joann said the recipient was so happy, she cried!<\/p>\n

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

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Andrea Christensen made several toys for young adults this year. This young lady is going away to college, so Andrea made her a Gregory Gorilla as a \u201ccuddle buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Gorilla pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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And this young man is heading to graduate school (university), so his parents asked Andrea C.<\/strong> to make him his favorite animal, a Moose, using the Mickey Moose pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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

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This whole family got Funky Friends – Sloth-Moose-hedgehog-reindeer ALL sewn by Steve Palmer!<\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the <\/strong><\/a>Hannah Hedgehog Pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The FREE Honey Teddy Pattern featured in a lot of recipient pics too!\ud83d\udc3b\ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Kathryn Robinson Anderson <\/strong>sewed this FREE Honey Teddy Bear<\/strong> for her great-granddaughter. Honey Teddy is designed to be the perfect size for toddlers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Honey Teddy<\/strong> is often a \u201cfirst Funky Friend\u201d pattern for sewers. Anna Osborne <\/strong>used the FREE Honey Teddy Bear<\/strong> as her first pattern. Her son loves him and she has since made lots of Funky Friends toys.
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Rosie Pike<\/strong> sewed this baby-safe version of Honey Teddy for this brand new arrival. \ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking for a FREE teddy bear pattern that’s easy AND cute?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Honey Teddy Bear is a free pattern that I give to my newsletter subscribers as a\u00a0 thank you gift when they sign up to receive my newsletter. 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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Let’s Meet Some Pets and Their Pals…<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Every dog needs their own guinea pig right? Here is Jean Ager<\/strong>‘s sweet dog with\u00a0 Gertrude Guinea Pig<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>! Isn’t her doggy adorable?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Guinea Pig pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Michelle Arnold<\/strong> sent in this pic of the Digger Dachshund<\/strong><\/a><\/span> she sewed,\u00a0 modeled along side here 6 month old Jack Russell!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Becky Jones Takacs<\/strong> sent this pic of their cat Huckleberry who was so jealous of her time spent making Raff the Giraffe<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (for her Giraffe-loving daughter!) When she was taking photos the cat kept photo bombing her! \ud83e\udd23<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Giraffe pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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A goat with a goat?<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Lipka<\/strong> made a Giddy Goat for a friend’s Grandchildren who have a house goat!<\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

Click HERE to buy the Goat pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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AND a bunny posing with their teddy!?????<\/span><\/p>\n

This must be a first for Funky Friends Factory!\u00a0 Chris Predovic<\/strong> sent us this pic of her 1st attempt at Honey Teddy with their rabbit – who was very curious and tried to nibble on her!<\/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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We had some really cute Highland Cows entries in the competition!<\/span><\/h2>\n

Shirley Bray<\/strong> says the Harmony Highland Cow Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span> is one of her favourite patterns – not so sure it’s her doggy’s favourite!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mary Alexander Botsis<\/strong> made her grandkids some Funky Friends for Christmas. Highland Highland Cow <\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and Timmy T-Rex were a big hit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the T-Rex Dinosaur sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Highland Cow Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This baby looks thrilled with his Harmony Highland Cow<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>, made for him by Nikki Atkinson<\/strong>. We’ve had lots of pics of little kids who love the large size of this toy (this is the regular size shown here).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Highland Cow Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ready for a whole BUNCH of gorgeous homemade toys?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

What a cool collection of Funky Friends sewn by Ron Dean<\/strong> – from back left: Ben the BEGINNER Bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, a furry eared Puppy Dog Pete<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> and a pretty pink Easter Bunny Buddy<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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This is perhaps the biggest Funky Friends Factory toy ever made! It’s theEaster Bunny Buddy<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> sewn at 500% by Jo Ann Carroll. It’s 6ft tall!<\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Easter Bunny sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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AND a whole bunnch of Ben the BEGINNER Bears<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, sewn by Beth Janssen Maloun<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>\u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>\u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>\u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>\u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the BEGINNER Bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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AND our winner is…<\/strong><\/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 –<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jean Ager<\/span>!<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Cat Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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CONGRATS! You win<\/span>
\nan $80 Funky Friends Factory
\nGift Voucher<\/span>!<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Want to win a
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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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Yeeeehar!!!! It’s time to reveal the winner (chosen at random) of our #Funky8000 contest! The first\u00a0 round-up of the #Funky8000 Competition EARLY photos was such fun, so I thought you’d also like a part TWO! What’s the occasion? We’re celebrating reaching 8000 members in our Funky Friends Factory Pattern Fan Club\u00a0with a competition. Read on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32027,"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-31869","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\/2024\/01\/500b.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31869","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=31869"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32086,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31869\/revisions\/32086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}