{"id":17738,"date":"2021-01-03T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?page_id=17738"},"modified":"2021-01-03T04:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T04:49:07","slug":"photo-tutorials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/photo-tutorials\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo-tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These Photo Tutorials are NOT publicly available!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">*** You need to use the link in the pattern. ***<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">If you have bought a <strong>PDF pattern you can click the link<\/strong> to go to the tutorial page on the Funky Friends Factory website. If you have bought a <strong>printed\/paper pattern you need to type the link<\/strong> into the address bar of your internet browser. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Look for the link to the tutorial page in the <strong>See Me Sew<\/strong> section of the pattern)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17741\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/See-Me-Sew-section.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/See-Me-Sew-section.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/See-Me-Sew-section-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What to do if you get an error page:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">If you do not get to the tutorial page, it means you have made a mistake typing the link in. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please try again (copying and pasting the link is best!)<\/span> and you will get to the page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">* <span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><strong>I never take the photo tutorials down!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17742\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Uh-Oh-Things-have-gone-haywire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Uh-Oh-Things-have-gone-haywire.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Uh-Oh-Things-have-gone-haywire-480x307.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is a Photo Tutorial?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">Most of my patterns have an online photo tutorial which look something like this one for my Baby Bunny Toy Pattern. The photo tutorials have a clear photo of each step of the pattern so you can see the toy &#8216;coming together&#8217; step-by-step. I have also got Material Requirements, <span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">Fabric Recommendations<\/span>, Layout, Cutting out and Sewing instructions in the actual pattern so don&#8217;t forget to read all of those too &#8211; probably best BEFORE you start sewing the toy pattern!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17740\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/toy-making-photo-tutorial.jpg\" alt=\"toy making photo tutorial\" width=\"500\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/toy-making-photo-tutorial.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/toy-making-photo-tutorial-480x601.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The reason that some of my older patterns DON&#8217;T have photo tutorials is because I have only started making photo tutorials recently ~ I began designing nearly 20 years ago (when I was MUCH younger! LOL) and didn&#8217;t have a digital camera!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16399\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Soft-toy-designer-design-course.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - soft toy designer\" width=\"520\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Soft-toy-designer-design-course.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Soft-toy-designer-design-course-480x367.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 520px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">I am gradually working my way through all of my older patterns too. It just takes me F-O-R-E-V-E-R to create photo tutorials because I have to take a few photos of each step, to make sure I get one in focus that shows the step clearly and then that&#8217;s just the half of it. Each photo needs to be cropped and lightened and brightened and optimised for web-size images then uploaded, then I need to copy and paste in the text for each step and only then we&#8217;re ready to go LIVE!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17743\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Alpaca-and-Llama-pattern-tutorial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Alpaca-and-Llama-pattern-tutorial.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Alpaca-and-Llama-pattern-tutorial-480x215.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">It&#8217;s a really BIG job but I know it makes a BIG difference as LOTS of people are &#8220;visual learners&#8221; so &#8211; please be patient &#8211; I will eventually get to all of them! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>* Can you see my kitty snoozing on my lap!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17744\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory-480x382.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 520px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">I tried to take these older patterns off my website but they are some of my most popular patterns and people kept asking me where they&#8217;d got to??? So LOTS of people have made beautiful toys, with these patterns without a photo tutorial, so I am pretty confident you can make them too &#8211; if you follow my written instructions! What I would recommend is that you <strong>keep the fabric pieces together with the pattern pieces<\/strong> until you are ready to use each piece. That way you can see <strong>where the pieces are labelled with the letters of the alphabet<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13535\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dragon-tutorial-010bbb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dragon-tutorial-010bbb.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dragon-tutorial-010bbb-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Then follow each step and make sure you have the pieces correct at each step before you go to the next step. <strong>Tick the checkboxes as you go along<\/strong> so you don&#8217;t miss out any steps or do them in the wrong order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17745\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tick-the-box-format-web.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tick-the-box-format-web.2.jpg 422w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tick-the-box-format-web.2-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;\">Take it slow and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll get it right! <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20pt;\">MORE importantly &#8211; RELAX and ENJOY the process!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1432 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">xxx<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Pauline<br \/>\n(Chief Funky Friend!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10616\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer-300x17.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Photo Tutorials are NOT publicly available! &nbsp; *** You need to use the link in the pattern. *** &nbsp; If you have bought a PDF pattern you can click the link to go to the tutorial page on the Funky Friends Factory website. 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