{"id":37635,"date":"2025-09-15T23:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=37635"},"modified":"2025-09-15T23:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:47:55","slug":"new-mouse-toy-sewing-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/new-mouse-toy-sewing-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s TESTING TIME – for my NEW Mouse Toy Sewing Pattern!\ud83d\udc2d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeehar! I have some exciting news! My NEW Maximus Mouse toy pattern is ready for testing!\ud83e\udd73<\/span><\/p>\n

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What SIZE is the finished Mouse?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The finished Maximus Mouse toy is 23cm\/9 inches tall (with a 15cm\/6inch tail). He’s a nice size to cuddle – BUT my cat doesn’t seem to think so!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a cute pic of my cat – clearly upset that I was designing a MOUSE!\ud83d\ude39<\/span><\/p>\n

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Is there a Photo tutorial for the Maximus Mouse Toy Pattern?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

YES!<\/strong> I have created a step-by-step photo tutorial<\/strong> so you can see EXACTLY how to sew this cute mini Mouse – with lots of clever toy making tips and tricks! <\/span>As usual, you can access the tutorial using the link in the See-Me-Sew section of the pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Please check you typed the link in correctly, or you’ll get<\/span>
\nan error page!<\/span> <\/span>\ud83d\ude31\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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OK, so how does TESTING work?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

You don’t have to be a very experienced sewer or even a brilliant toy-maker. <\/span>You can test the pattern even if you have NEVER sewn a toy before!<\/span><\/p>\n

ANYONE can be<\/span><\/p>\n

a <\/span>Tester ~><\/span><\/p>\n

BUT, you need to be FREE in the next 10 days!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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We have a<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

**DEADLINE<\/strong><\/span>!**<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You need to be able to sew up the toy and send in the photographs by the deadline date –\u00a0 26th September, 2025 (In YOUR time zone!)<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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You will need to buy the pattern first and sew Maximus Mouse:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is so you can answer the Feedback Survey questions AND send in photos of your finished toy. <\/span>Once your feedback and photos are received ~> you’ll receive a Tester’s THANK YOU VOUCHER<\/strong>* so you can get another Funky Friends Factory pattern for FREE! (*<\/strong> The voucher MUST be used within 30 days on ANY existing Funky Friends Factory pattern<\/strong>.) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What’s GREAT about this?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

1. FFF fans will be able to get two patterns for the price of one!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. AND I can afford to have UNLIMITED testers!!! \ud83d\ude03<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Want to be a TESTER? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Do THIS ~><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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STEP 1:<\/span><\/span>
\nBUY the Maximus Mouse Pattern by clicking the BIG orange button below<\/strong>…(after you’ve read steps 2 – 4! \ud83d\ude00) <\/span><\/p>\n

STEP 2:<\/span><\/span>
\nSew up the Maximus Mouse pattern, and once you have finished – come back HERE to fill out the<\/span><\/strong> TESTER’S SURVEY<\/span><\/strong>.<\/a> deadline date –\u00a0 26th September, 2025 (In YOUR time zone!)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

STEP 3:
\n<\/span><\/span>Send in your photos by the same deadline date… please read the important info about photos needed in the box below ~><\/span><\/p>\n

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Please submit 2 to 4 photos meeting the following simple criteria:<\/strong><\/span>
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  1. More than one angle (ex. Front, side, left and right!) <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Use natural light, outside if possible or next to a window (morning\/evening light works BEST!<\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Use a non-distracting backdrop for indoor photos (on a plain chair or table top, a blank wall.)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Send in your photos by email. Please<\/span> CLICK this link to email me your photos<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    *** If you’d like examples of these types of photos, search for the #toyphotography tag in our<\/strong> Facebook Pattern Fan Club Group<\/a><\/strong><\/span> search engine. Here’s an infographic we made to explain more about this – ><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    STEP 4:<\/span><\/span>
    \nThis is the cherry on the top ~>>> <\/strong><\/span>Once you have submitted your feedback survey and photos, we will send you a THANK YOU <\/span>VOUCHER to buy ANY pattern on the Funky Friends Factory website.\ud83e\udd73 <\/span>If you haven’t received this THANK YOU email within 7 days PLEASE CHECK your SPAM FOLDER<\/strong><\/span>! If there’s nothing there… please use the     Contact Us Page<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on the Funky Friends Factory website to let us know!<\/span><\/p>\n


    \n<\/span>***Please use the voucher<\/span>
    \n before it expires!***<\/span>
    \n(THANK YOU VOUCHER is valid for 30 days<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    \ud83d\udc2dRead everything?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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    \ud83d\udc2d<\/strong><\/span>READY to be a tester?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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    \ud83d\udc2d<\/strong><\/span>Great… <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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    CLICK HERE to
    \nbuy the Mouse Pattern!<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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    NOW I can’t wait to see YOUR Maximus Mouse!<\/span><\/h2>\n

    \"Pauline<\/span>Till next time, happy sewing,<\/span>
    \nPauline
    \n<\/strong>xxx<\/strong> <\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Yeehar! I have some exciting news! My NEW Maximus Mouse toy pattern is ready for testing!\ud83e\udd73   What SIZE is the finished Mouse? The finished Maximus Mouse toy is 23cm\/9 inches tall (with a 15cm\/6inch tail). He’s a nice size to cuddle – BUT my cat doesn’t seem to think so!!!! Here’s a cute pic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,33,26,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-competitions-giveaways","category-fff-news","category-new-softie-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/500.Maximus-the-Mouse.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37635","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=37635"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37651,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37635\/revisions\/37651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}