{"id":1809,"date":"2007-12-15T10:59:16","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T10:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=18071"},"modified":"2022-12-11T23:45:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T23:45:42","slug":"simplicity-toy-pattern-2921-pauline-mcarthur-funky-friends-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/simplicity-toy-pattern-2921-pauline-mcarthur-funky-friends-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplicity 2921 &#8211; Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>How good does this look? \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I had to keep pinching myself when I saw them in my local fabric shop&#8217;s catalogue! When I started designing my stuffed animals back in 2001, I would never have thought I would end up as a sewing patten designer with Simplicity Pattern Company in America! BUT here it is &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>my first Simplicity Sewing Pattern &#8211; 2921<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18076 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Simplicity toy pattern 2921 - Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Simplicity-toy-pattern-2921-Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory.jpg\" alt=\"Simplicity toy pattern 2921 Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"348\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">I don&#8217;t feel any different really, I guess I can say <strong>I am a Simplicity designer now<\/strong>, but it doesn&#8217;t change much else. The license period is for a limited time AND I still get to sell my patterns myself&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18073\" style=\"margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Lamkins-lamb-pattern-Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lamkins-lamb-pattern-Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory.jpg\" alt=\"Lamkins lamb pattern Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"162\" height=\"243\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18074\" style=\"margin: 30px 20px;\" title=\"Ellie-Elephant-Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ellie-Elephant-Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory.jpg\" alt=\"Ellie Elephant Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"162\" height=\"243\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18075\" style=\"margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"Horse-and-Unicorn-pattern-Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Horse-and-Unicorn-pattern-Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory.jpg\" alt=\"Horse and Unicorn pattern Pauline McArthur Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"160\" height=\"243\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I will get a small percentage of the sales of my Simplicity pattern as a royalty, but it&#8217;s not much. I think the exciting thing is that people all over the world will discover my Funky Friends Factory soft toy patterns and hopefully like what I do!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>I wonder who will find me this way?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6647\" title=\"Pauline McArthur-with-TREX\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Pauline-with-TREX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"142\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bye for now,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pauline<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How good does this look? \ud83d\ude42 I had to keep pinching myself when I saw them in my local fabric shop&#8217;s catalogue! 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