{"id":1868,"date":"2010-11-21T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2023-12-11T02:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T02:10:58","slug":"a-face-that-only-a-mother-could-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/a-face-that-only-a-mother-could-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A face that ONLY a mother could love!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am sooooooooooooooooo excited about this cute little critter who has arrived JUST in time for Christmas!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Meet Preston<br \/>\nthe Polar Bear!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2094 alignnone aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A8A5A9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/sewing-stuffed-animals-Polar-Bear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"420\" \/><br \/>\n<br class=\"clear\" \/>He&#8217;s a chubby little fellow who feels the cold so I have wrapped him up nice and cosy with a bright Christmassy red scarf. He is just desperate for some hugs. He loves little children, he just couldn&#8217;t eat a WHOLE one! (Well, he&#8217;s still little and completely harmless!)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Preston can be made from Fleece, of any type, stretch fabrics eg. velour, chenille and flannelette, for the body. Any fabric scraps, including quilting scraps or corduroy for the ear and tail highlights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2093 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A8A5A9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Polar-Bear-stuffed-animal-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/instant-downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Preston Polar Bear Stuffed Toy Pattern<\/strong><\/a> is available now, from the Funky Friends Factory website. Hope you like him!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> .<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4105\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> .<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Happy sewing,<br \/>\nPauline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><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>I am sooooooooooooooooo excited about this cute little critter who has arrived JUST in time for Christmas! Meet Preston the Polar Bear! He&#8217;s a chubby little fellow who feels the cold so I have wrapped him up nice and cosy with a bright Christmassy red scarf. He is just desperate for some hugs. He loves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-new-softie-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31582,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions\/31582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}