{"id":25449,"date":"2022-06-06T08:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=25449"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:08:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:08:45","slug":"our-pattern-fan-club-hit-5000-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/our-pattern-fan-club-hit-5000-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Pattern Fan Club hit 5000 Members!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeeeeeehar!<\/span><\/p>\n

In May our Facebook group – the Funky Friends Factory Patterns Fan Club – reached 5000 members! <\/span><\/p>\n

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So we’re celebrating with a SEW-ALONG and a COMPETITION!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Want to sew how to sew a memory bear? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Want to see how to do button-joints on a teddy bear? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Want to win a FREE Funky Friends Factory pattern?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read on!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Come watch the Calico Bear SEW-ALONG!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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One of the great things about being a member of our Pattern Fan Club Facebook group is that you get access to some things that NON Members don’t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0have access to – like the Calico Bear SEW-ALONG Replay VIDEO<\/strong>, which is available for limited times throughout the year. <\/span><\/span>IF you are in our Club you can watch me sew Calico Bear from start-to-finish, including doing button-joints. Club Members <\/span>CLICK HERE to watch the Calico Bear SEW-ALONG replay in our Facebook Group!<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (NOTE<\/span>: pattern is not<\/u> included).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NOT a Club Member yet?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you’re NOT already a group member of our Facebook group<\/span>
\n CLICK HERE to find out how YOU can join in the FUN!<\/span><\/a><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Win a FREE Funky Friends Factory pattern!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

We love to see your smiling faces! So for this competition I have decided that to enter… you need to post a pic in the Pattern Fan Club Group<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0AND the photo must be of yourself, your gift recipients, OR your pets with a Funky Friends Factory toy YOU have sewn.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

LOOK – if you’re SHY
\nyour pet can pose for you!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pic credit: Kitty Kate Cat pattern<\/a><\/span><\/strong> sewn by Barb Olivieri-Scarsella<\/span><\/p>\n

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AND…
\nDON’T WORRY, you
\nDON’T need to BUY a pattern
\nto enter!!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>You can use ANY Funky Friends Factory pattern<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/a> – even my Free Honey Teddy Pattern<\/strong> (so everyone can enter!)<\/span><\/p>\n

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WHAT can you WIN?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

You can <\/b><\/span>win a WIN a <\/span><\/b>Funky Friends Factory Pattern Gift Voucher<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> ~><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

valued at
\n<\/strong>$50!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Want an extra chance to WIN?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Share any of the pictures above on your Social Media (Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram etc). Use the hashtag #Funky5000 <\/strong>so we can find your entry – or leave a comment below to let us know WHERE you shared the competition!<\/span><\/p>\n

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*** The winner will be drawn on July 7th 2022, 6pm EST ~ using random.org and announced here on the blog AND on the Funky Friends Factory Facebook Group page.***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Oooh, good luck EVEYONE!!!!! \ud83d\ude00<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Pauline<\/span>
\nTill next time, h<\/strong>appy sewing,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pauline
\n<\/strong>xxx<\/strong> <\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yeeeeeehar! In May our Facebook group – the Funky Friends Factory Patterns Fan Club – reached 5000 members!     So we’re celebrating with a SEW-ALONG and a COMPETITION!   Want to sew how to sew a memory bear? Want to see how to do button-joints on a teddy bear? Want to win a FREE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25490,"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":[18,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-my-life","category-competitions-giveaways"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WANT-TO-WIN-web2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25449","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=25449"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25499,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25449\/revisions\/25499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

HOW TO ENTER:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

It’s easy to<\/strong> be in the running to win!<\/strong> Just p<\/span>ost a photo of ANY Funky Friends Factory Pattern that YOU have sewn, before July 6th 2022. The photo<\/strong> must be of yourself with the toy OR your gift recipients with the toy OR your pet with the toy that YOU have sewn<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in the Pattern Fan Club Group<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

(Please remember to tag your post with the toy name e.g. #benthebear or #Ben for Ben the Beginner Bear, #raffthegiraffe or #Raff for Raff the Giraffe, #poppypuppy or #poppy for Poppy the Puppy…)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Not on Facebook? Don’t stress, you can simply email us your photo<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

(It can be ANY Funky Friends Factory pattern – even my Free Honey Teddy Pattern<\/span> – so everyone can enter!)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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