{"id":36933,"date":"2025-06-24T15:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=36933"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:45:50","slug":"may-2025-maker-of-the-month-wins-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/may-2025-maker-of-the-month-wins-a-free-funky-friends-factory-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2025 MAKER OF THE MONTH – wins a FREE Funky Friends Factory Pattern!"},"content":{"rendered":"

From bright and cheerful bunnies to super cute sloths and iguanas, ther’s something for everyone in this month’s entries! Read down to the end of the post to find out who won the MOTM prize!
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First up we have a cute and colourful Easter Bunny Buddy<\/strong><\/span><\/a> sewn by Dawn Rimby<\/strong>. Fleece is such an easy fabric for sewing soft toys and it comes in lots of fun colours and prints these days!<\/span>
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Click HERE to buy the Easter Bunny sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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A this sweet seasonal softie – A Merry Mrs Claus<\/strong><\/a><\/span> – was sewn by Sandra Scraggs<\/strong>. I love the polka dot fabric Sandra used for her Christmas Cap!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Donna Simonton<\/strong> sewed these AWESOME Aristotle Axolotls<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for her grandkids in a variety of colours…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Donna says her granddaughter
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Click HERE to buy the Axolotl pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Shazz McHarry<\/strong> of Hobby McHorses<\/a><\/span><\/strong> has sewn this amazing Harper Hobby Horse<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u00a0out of a lovely blue cowboy printed cotton then added some gorgeous texture to the muzzle with a bright yellow suede. \ud83d\udc9b<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Hobby Horse Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This fun group of Gertie Geckos<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0was sewn by Megan Skapin<\/strong>. She used lots of different fabrics for her ‘lovely lizards’ including some gorgeous aqua corduroy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Gecko Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This cleverly colour-coordinated Ollie Owl <\/strong><\/span><\/a>was <\/span>sewn by Tina Carpenter<\/strong>… and look at those lovely shiny eyes! \ud83e\udd29<\/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 pretty pink and shiny version of Igor Iguana<\/strong><\/a><\/span> was sewn buy Shirley Loranger<\/strong>. The shiny scalloped dance fabric is perfect for an iguana because it looks like scales!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Iguana Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Bumble the Bee<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> doesn’t have to be sewn in black & yellow. As you can see with this brilliant “Spelling Bee” sewn by Ruby Almond<\/strong> as the prize for their Spelling Bee – he looks great in RED tartan too! \ud83d\ude0d<\/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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We had some super cute Memory Bears this month!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

This delightful duo of Melody Memory Bears<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was sewn by Barbara D<\/strong>. as a special memento for a Wisconsin Badgers fan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Melody Memory Bear Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This cute blue and grey Ben BEGINNER teddy bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was sewn by Karen Tranholt – isn’t he just ‘blue-tiful’!\ud83d\udc99<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the BEGINNER teddy bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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This marvelous memory bear version of Calico Signature Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was sewn by Beccy Fletcher<\/span> using men’s checked shirts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Signature Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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This brilliant Buttons the BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>was sewn by Shazz McHarry<\/strong> of Hobby McHorses<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. She made him out of some amazing fabrics including animal print, suede and even leather for his nose. These can be hard fabrics to sew BUT Shazz sewed them beautifully!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And this Buttons BEST DRESSED Bear<\/strong><\/a> was <\/span>sewn by Hoy Boatright. I think Buttons looks amazing in his uniform!<\/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 very special Keep Me Keepsake Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0was sewn by Nat Egan<\/strong>. She used gymkhana ribbons and added the horse riders and text on the feet with HTV transfers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Bear pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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The Kelsey Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0pattern is one of the most adored FFF patterns by little girls! This beautiful keepsake was sewn by Jonell Hart<\/strong> as a birthday gift for a little girl that LOVES pink – perfect!<\/span>
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And this cheerful flowery orange Kelsy Keepsake Unicorn<\/strong><\/a><\/span> was sewn by Tracy Carter-Devers.\ud83e\udde1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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Click HERE to purchase the Keepsake Unicorn pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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This<\/span> Kip the Keepsake Dog<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> sewn by Laurie Barbaro <\/strong>for her daughter My granddaughter’s high school graduation. I love the way she used the bee fabric to complement their mascot – yellow jackets!\ud83d\udc9b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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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 Nikki Vickers<\/strong><\/span>. who posted these precious pics of her Slowpoke Sloth – saying “someone loves Slowpoke Sloth!”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CONGRATS! You win
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Click HERE to purchase the Sloth 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


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Happy Sewing,
\nPauline
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From bright and cheerful bunnies to super cute sloths and iguanas, ther’s something for everyone in this month’s entries! Read down to the end of the post to find out who won the MOTM prize! Let’s take a look\u2026 First up we have a cute and colourful Easter Bunny Buddy sewn by Dawn Rimby. Fleece […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37312,"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-36933","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-Easter-Bunny.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36933","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=36933"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37353,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36933\/revisions\/37353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}