{"id":36932,"date":"2025-04-28T07:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=36932"},"modified":"2025-07-08T01:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:24:32","slug":"march-2025-maker-of-the-month-wins-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/march-2025-maker-of-the-month-wins-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2025 MAKER OF THE MONTH – wins a FREE Funky Friends Factory Pattern!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had so many cute entries this month from cute cats to marvelous memory bears! Read down to the end of the post to find out who won this month’s maker’s prize.\ud83e\udd73
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We had some sweet cat toys this month!<\/strong><\/span>\ud83d\udc31<\/h2>\n

Jonell Hart <\/strong>sewed this pretty pink and green floral Patch Pussy Cat<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. I love the pink and green combo!\ud83d\udc97\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/p>\n

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And Sandra Birch-Krusos<\/strong> sewed this keepsake kitty version of the Patch Pussy Cat pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Turns out that houndstooth looks awesome on a kitty!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Cat Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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AND a little “BIG CAT” too!\ud83e\udd81<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Marieke Moerman <\/strong>recycled an old cardigan to sew the Larry Lion pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – isn’t he ADORABLE?!?!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the LION pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This beautiful pet memory toy version of Poppy Puppy was sewn by Laurie Barbaro who recently lost her precious dog.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Laura Peters Cartoscelli<\/strong> used the Easter Bunny sewing pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to sew up this happy bunch of Easter Bunny Buddies for Easter this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Easter Bunny sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Carol Parker<\/strong> sewed this adorable Aristole Axolotl<\/strong><\/span><\/a>… I love the way she has used the large flat space on his side to dilay the T-shirt logo, and the perfect placement of the embroidery on his arm too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Axolotl pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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These 2 luminous Plattie Platypuses were sewn by Simone Fencik<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Platypus pattern.<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
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I’m LOVING this gorgeous Georgie Good Luck Elephant<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> sewn by Lynda Copley<\/strong> in Tula Pink Everglo fabrics.<\/span><\/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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We had some super cute Memory Bears this month!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Lindsey Mortimer sewed added wings (with my FREE wings pattern) to her Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to create an angel bear. \ud83d\udc97<\/span><\/p>\n

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Get my FREE Angel Wings Pattern!<\/strong><\/span>\ud83e\uddf8\ud83d\udc7c<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

I have put together a FREE Angel Wings Pattern with VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS!\ud83e\udd73<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(PLEASE NOTE<\/span>: Link to INSTRUCTIONS VIDEO is in the pattern.)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE
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And this sweet red floral Melody Memory Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was sewn by Stasy Lyakh<\/strong>.\u00a0 in a mix of red nd white fabrics. The bow tie makes her look extra smart! (Check the box below to get my FREE bow tie pattern!)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking for a *FREE* bow tie sewing pattern for your toys?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

CLICK HERE
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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Jonell Hart<\/strong> sewed this sweet Ben BEGINNER teddy bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from a grandfather’s shirts. \ud83d\udc9c\u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the BEGINNER teddy bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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This dapper duo of\u00a0 Calico Signature Bears<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was sewn by Linda Belchamber Venton. I love the way she’s mixed and matched the fabrics. \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Who says a keepsake needs to be bright and colourful? Look at this beautiful this black and white Calico Signature Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> sewn by Dawn Rimby.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Signature Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>was sewn by Michelle.\u00a0<\/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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This beautiful blue Keep Me Keepsake Bear pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> was sewn by Linda-Belchamber-Venton<\/strong>\u00a0from baby clothes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Linda<\/strong> used the large flat footpad space for embroidering the birth details and the tummy space for adding the special details (Peter Rabbit) from the baby clothing items.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And this Keep Me Keepsake Bear pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> was sewn by Nat Egan<\/strong> for a birthday present for a horse lover.\ud83d\udc0e<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Melissa Klumpp <\/span><\/strong>sewed this cute<\/span> Kelsey Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> from a little girl’s baby clothes and tutu.<\/span>
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And <\/span>Gail Mcknight Anderson <\/span><\/strong>sewed this combo quilt and<\/span> Kelsey Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> from a little girl’s baby clothes.<\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Unicorn pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Tracy Guidry Guyan<\/strong> sewed this pretty apricot hued Keepsake Dog<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0out of flannelette fabrics.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kristina Kanellos Rogers<\/strong> sewed this Keepsake Dog<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And this cute Kip the Keepsake Dog<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> sewn by Liz Gregory<\/strong>\u00a0as a baby keepsake. If you look closely you can see the baby sharks! \ud83e\udd88\ud83d\ude01<\/span><\/p>\n

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Look at his
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Click HERE to buy the Keepsake Dog Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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AND this month\u2019s winner is…<\/span><\/h1>\n

Congrats to this month’s winner <\/span>Sandra Birch-Krusos<\/strong> who sewed this very sweet (ALMOST real-looking) Sue Squirrel<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

CONGRATS Sandra! You win
\na FREE Funky Friends Factory Pattern ~>
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Click HERE to purchase the Squirrel pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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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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We’ve had so many cute entries this month from cute cats to marvelous memory bears! Read down to the end of the post to find out who won this month’s maker’s prize.\ud83e\udd73 Let’s take a look\u2026   We had some sweet cat toys this month!\ud83d\udc31 Jonell Hart sewed this pretty pink and green floral Patch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37030,"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-36932","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\/2025\/06\/500-Ben-Beginner-Bear-Pattern.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36932","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=36932"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37269,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36932\/revisions\/37269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}