{"id":1871,"date":"2010-12-03T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2020-11-02T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T07:45:00","slug":"gingerbread-man-sewing-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/gingerbread-man-sewing-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Tis the season to be jolly- with Slush and Ginger!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Today I am in a really festive mood! I wonder if it has ANYTHING to do with the fact that I have bought my first ever REAL Christmas tree this year and have plucked up the courage to try out my mother&#8217;s incredibly awesome Christmas cake recipe myself which involves soaking 1kg of dried fruit overnight in a WHOLE bottle of SHERRY&#8230; <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230; or maybe it&#8217;s because I have TWO new Funky Friends to add to my Christmas Friends this week??? Whatever it is, I&#8217;m hopefully going get tired of listening to my Christmas CD pretty soon, or my hubby may not return from the shed!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Introducing a cute Christmas couple! <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Meet &#8211; Slush and Ginger&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2229 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A8A5A9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SNOWMAN-and-GINGERBREAD-MAN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"420\"><br \/>\n<br class=\"clear\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They have been inseparable since they met at the office party&#8230; where they were hanging out on the Christmas tree, just trying to &#8216;look cool&#8217; in the sweltering Australian heat!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This cute little snowman is made up in fleece but you could use other stretch fabrics eg. velour, chenille and flannelette. I also used fleece for Ginger the gingerbread man. I would say this is a simple pattern, and especially Ginger, who is so quick to make, you could make a whole lot of gingerbread men as Christmas decorations with the kids each decorating their own little gingerbread friend!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The &#8216;Slush &amp; Ginger&#8217;<\/span> <a href=\"\/products\/instant-downloads\/slush-the-snowman-christmas-sewing-pattern-instant-download\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">SNOWMAN Pattern<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">is available now, from the Funky Friends Factory website. Hope you like him!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;<strong>THANK YOU<\/strong> for your amazing support this year, you&#8217;ve really made this all possible and I look forward to bringing you heaps more exciting things in 2011.<\/span><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=\"\/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,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Pauline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am in a really festive mood! 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