{"id":37187,"date":"2025-07-05T10:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T10:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=37187"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:01:20","slug":"island-batik-lumin-fabrics-ambassadors-funky-friends-factory-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/island-batik-lumin-fabrics-ambassadors-funky-friends-factory-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful batik toys sewn by the Lumin Fabrics Island Batik Ambassadors!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colourful, vibrant, and totally unique toys\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

That\u2019s what happens when the Island Batik Ambassadors get creative with Funky Friends Factory patterns! \ud83c\udf3a\ud83e\udd8a\ud83e\udd94\u00a0<\/span>These beautiful batik toys are the perfect inspiration for your next sewing project – scroll down to see some of the fabulous critters from the 2025 challenge!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Let’s look at some of the 2025 critters…<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Michaels<\/strong> sewed Hannah Hedgehog<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. using fabrics from the Flower Pot range. You can see from the photos on her Dragonfly Fibreart blog<\/span><\/strong><\/a> that she had lots of fun posing her hedgehog in the garden!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Brittany Fisher<\/strong> of Bobbin with Brittany<\/span><\/strong><\/a> sewed P for her 3 year old son who loves penguins. She used a brilliant Cobalt Blue fabric from Island Batik that she says makes him look like he\u2019s hopped fresh out of the icy water!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Leah Malasky<\/strong> chose to sew Rascal the Racoon and used a fabric line that had some cute mushrooms on it, which she felt was perfect for a foraging critter. She has lots more super cute photos of Rascal on her Quilted Delights Blog.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Susan Deshensky<\/strong> from Lady Blue Quilt Studio<\/a><\/strong><\/span> sewed chose to make Puppy Pete as a toy for her great-nephew. Here she has posed him with his very own tennis ball!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Tina Dillard<\/strong> sewed Harmony the Highland Cow<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. She wanted her toy to resemble a real highland cow as closely as possible so she selected the Red Burgundy Mushroom Time fabric from the Fall 2024 Studio 180 Design Forest Floral range.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think it’s perfect
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Click HERE to buy the Highland Cow Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Thomas<\/strong> chose to sew Fleur the Famingo<\/strong><\/a><\/span> because she lives near the beach and thought he would fit well with my tropical beachy decor, plus she loves pink! She used a variety of pink fabrics from Meadow Hues<\/strong>, a signature collection for Claudia Porter<\/strong>, designed by Jerry Khiev<\/strong> for Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics), plus some Island Batik solid black.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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You can see lots more cute pics of her sewing Fleur Flamingo on her Curlicue blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Flamingo Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Lisa Pickering says she chose to sew Kip the Keepsake Dog<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for this challenge because she’s a ‘dog person’. She used fabric from the Just Dandy fabric line… and sewed TWO Kip doggies!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Denise Looney<\/strong> of <\/span><\/span><\/span>Quiltery.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> sewed Stu for her grandson, using fun red and blue Island Batik fabrics. the Sea Turtle<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Sea Turtle pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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Connie Kaufman<\/strong> sewed Daisy the Dress Up Doll <\/strong><\/a><\/span> for the Challenge. so she could sew the dolls for her great nieces. You can visit her blog – Kauffmandesigns<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to\u00a0 see LOTS more fun photos of Connie’s dolls dressed in batik fabrics!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Dress Up Doll Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Emily Leachman<\/strong> of The Darling Dogwood<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0sewed Ben the BEGINNER Bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for her son. She let him pick the fabric and his favorite color is red – so she used Imperial Red for most of Ben’s body and Shell for the tummy and face, from Island Batik’s Ravishing Reds in the always-available Basics line.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the BEGINNER Bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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Carol Stanek<\/strong> of Stitch with Colour<\/a><\/span><\/strong> chose to sew Baby Bunny<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. I love the purple Island Batik fabric she chose….\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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and her kitty approved too!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Baby Bunny pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Connie Kresin<\/strong> says she’s scared to death of snakes but it didn’t stop her sewing a Silly Scrap Snake for the Challenge! Connie used all of the browns from her Rustic Riches collection for a natural looking snake. You can see her gorgeous batik snake in the garden and posing with her pup on her Freemotion by the River blog<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Scrap Snake Sewing Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Gail Sheppard selected Sue. I learnt an interesting fact from Gail Shepherd<\/strong>‘s blog Quilting Gail<\/a><\/strong><\/span> ~> squirrels are famous in the quilting world – all the distractions of new projects are called \u2018squirrels\u2019! Gail obviously didn’t get distracted because she sewed TWO squirrels! Here you can see Gail’s gorgeous batik squirrels on a road trip<\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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And back home…
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Click HERE to buy the Squirrel pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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There we’re too many to include ALL of the cute Funky Friends toys the ambassadors sewed. Be sure to check out the rest of the Island Batik Ambassadors Funky Friends Factory toys<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, because they sure are adorable!!!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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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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