{"id":2179,"date":"2019-09-18T23:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=28445"},"modified":"2021-04-26T01:27:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T01:27:56","slug":"live-sew-along-call-2-how-to-customize-your-teddy-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/live-sew-along-call-2-how-to-customize-your-teddy-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE SEW-ALONG Call 2 &#8211; How to customize your Teddy Bear!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We&#8217;re celebrating the NEXT intake of our <strong>FUNKY FRIENDS Club<\/strong> by opening the Club up to everyone for a FUN NEW LIVE SEW-ALONG!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The second LIVE CALL was a whirlwind of<br \/>\nterrific teddy-making techniques ~&gt;<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">I wanted to show how versatile a simple teddy bear pattern can be. I had so many different ideas I whizzed through them all and got sooooooooo excited!!!:)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28448\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory-sew-along-call-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur- Funky Friends Factory sew-along call 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Look how cute the basic<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/signature-bear-calico-teddy-bear-instant-download-sewing-e-pattern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Calico Bear Signature Bear Pattern<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">looks as a <strong>Birthday Bear<\/strong>. This is a fabulous memento for any birthday not just a 21st. You can get everyone at the party to sign your special bear instead of a guest book.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28449\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Calico-Bear-as-a-BIRTHDAY-PARY-BEAR.jpg\" alt=\"Calico Bear as a Birthday Party Bear\" width=\"500\" height=\"557\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then we turned the basic<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/signature-bear-calico-teddy-bear-instant-download-sewing-e-pattern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Calico Bear Signature Bear Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">into a <strong>Wedding Bear<\/strong> with a cute veil and some fabric flowers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28446\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Calico-Bear-as-a-Wedding-BRIDE-BEAR.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Bear - Bride\" width=\"500\" height=\"651\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Then we made her the man (oops teddy bear) of her dreams as <strong>the Groom bear<\/strong> with a cute bow-tie. Another great idea is to make a memento of your special day using the wedding dress and groom&#8217;s outfit too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28447\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Calico-Bear-as-a-Wedding-GROOM-BEAR.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Bear - Groom\" width=\"350\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">After that we had a Christmas Bear! I had a go at cutting some ivy leaves and added some glitter pom-poms for a cute <strong>Christmas Teddy Bear<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28450\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Calico-Bear-as-a-CHRISTMAS-BEAR.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Teddy Bear\" width=\"470\" height=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">And last but not least, I made a mortar board for a <strong>Graduation Bear<\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28452\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pauline-McArthur-Funky-Friends-Factory-sew-along.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory - SEW-ALONG\" width=\"500\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: segoe;\">How sweet does he look<br \/>\nin his Graduation cap? \ud83c\udf93<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28451\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Calico-Bear-as-a-GRADUATION-BEAR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"570\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">AND, if you haven\u2019t taken a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/new-facebook-fan-club\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">terrific toy-making community<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&#8230; now is the time!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28416\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/FREE-TEDDY-SEW-ALONG-email-header.jpg\" alt=\"FREE TEDDY SEW-ALONG\" width=\"552\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/closed\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CLICK HERE &#8211;<br \/>\nto join the SEW-ALONG!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">In the next call we&#8217;re going to sew lovely keepsakes with my Calico Bear Pattern! I&#8217;ll be talking about interfacing, embroidering keepsakes (memory bears) and I&#8217;ll show you how easy it is to resize the pattern so sew a smaller, Mini Keepsake Bear and how to enlarge the pattern so sew an extra large, Maxi Keepsake Bear! Woohoo! Can&#8217;t wait!!! \ud83d\ude01<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">See you on the next call of our FREE Teddy SEW-ALONG!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280\" 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><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Till next time,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Happy Sewing,<strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Pauline<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See how to customize a teddy bear for weddings, parties, Christmas and graduations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15708,"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":[19,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-fff-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Calico-Bear-as-a-BIRTHDAY-PARY-BEAR.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179","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=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20005,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions\/20005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}