{"id":21447,"date":"2021-08-22T05:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T05:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=21447"},"modified":"2021-08-27T03:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T03:23:32","slug":"polar-bear-pattern-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/polar-bear-pattern-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Preston POLAR BEAR pattern is baaaaaack!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yeehar! I&#8217;ve finally had the chance to update my <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/polar-bear-pattern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Polar Bear Sewing Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When I first designed <strong>Preston Polar Bear<\/strong>, I originally designed him in fleece. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">He is very cuddly and huggable in fleece fabric BUT the pattern didn&#8217;t work very well sewn in woven fabrics like quilting cottons. This is why I have been reworking my older patterns&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21449 \" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Preston-Polar-Bear-Pattern-sewn-in-fleece.jpg\" alt=\"Preston Polar Bear Pattern sewn in fleece\" width=\"451\" height=\"616\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8230; and NOW I&#8217;m excited to say ~&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"> Preston is ready to go out into the big wide world AGAIN!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21441 \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Meet-Preston-Polar-Bear-500.jpg\" alt=\"Preston Polar Bear sewing pattern\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Meet-Preston-Polar-Bear-500.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Meet-Preston-Polar-Bear-500-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 520px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Size comparison!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Here is a pic of me holding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/polar-bear-pattern\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Preston Polar Bear<\/strong><\/span><\/a> so you can get an idea of his actual size&#8230; he has &#8220;sewn in legs&#8221; that can swing down, so he can sit and stand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21477 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Preston-Polar-Bear-compare-the-bear-sewing-patterns.jpg\" alt=\"Preston-Polar-Bear---compare-the-bear-sewing-patterns\" width=\"387\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Preston-Polar-Bear-compare-the-bear-sewing-patterns.jpg 387w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Preston-Polar-Bear-compare-the-bear-sewing-patterns-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">What fabrics can you use for a sewing a Polar Bear Toy?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Preston can be sewn in most fabrics. He works well in both non-stretch fabrics (like cotton, corduroy and quilting fabrics) as well as stretchy\/knit fabrics (like fleece, Cuddle, minky and similar fabrics). ~&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Preston Polar Bear will look good in all sorts of colours and textures&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just look at<br \/>\nthese lovely<br \/>\nfeedback photos&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21454 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/POLAR-BEAR-pattern-feedback-photos-collage.jpg\" alt=\"POLAR BEAR pattern feedback photos collage\" width=\"827\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/POLAR-BEAR-pattern-feedback-photos-collage.jpg 827w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/POLAR-BEAR-pattern-feedback-photos-collage-480x544.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 827px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Is there a Polar Bear Pattern tutorial?<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/>\nYES! I have created a <strong>step-by-step photo tutorial<\/strong> to show you EXACTLY how to sew a playful Polar Bear &#8211; with lots of clever toy making tips and tricks! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">As usual, you can access the tutorial using the <strong>link in the See-Me-Sew section of the pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"> (<em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">*Please check you typed this link in correctly,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">~&gt; or you&#8217;ll get an error page! <\/span>\ud83d\ude31 <\/strong><\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21525 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/POLAR-BEAR-sewing-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"POLAR-BEAR- sewing pattern\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/POLAR-BEAR-sewing-pattern.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/POLAR-BEAR-sewing-pattern-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In case you missed the link above &#8211; the <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/polar-bear-pattern\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Polar Bear toy pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is available to download from the website NOW!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Till next time, Happy sewing!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">. .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bye for now<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">xxx<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Pauline<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Gorilla toy pattern is available to download from the website NOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-tips-tricks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fleece-NO-SEW-scarf.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447","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=21447"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21526,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447\/revisions\/21526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}