{"id":38057,"date":"2025-11-03T15:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=38057"},"modified":"2025-11-10T07:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:10:37","slug":"winner-halloween-sewing-competition-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/winner-halloween-sewing-competition-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner & final roundup for our Halloween SEWING COMPETITION 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had so many wonderful entries in the Halloween Contest this year!\u00a0<\/b>THANKFULLY it was a random entry drawing and I didn’t have to choose the winner myself – it would have been way too hard to pick a favourite!\ud83d\ude0b<\/span> Scroll down to the end of this post to see if you won!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Let’s start with LOTS of LOVELY WITCHES!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Whitney Witch pattern was one of the most popular entry choices this year. Check out this pretty purple Whitney Witch<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> sewn by Almira S<\/strong>. This witch has such trendy hair! If you look closely you can see Almira used 2 colours of felt to create a cute Halloween hairstyle for her witch!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wow, it’s two Halloween favorites in one photo, plus a fancy bubbling cauldron! Christy Rupe<\/strong> sewed up this Whitney Witch<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> and her Patch Pussy Cat<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> friend. \ud83d\udc08\u200d\u2b1b Looks like Patch is ready to investigate those shiny bubbles in the cauldron brew.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here’s a close up of her cute Halloween Patch Pussy cat…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Cat Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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What a happy, smiley friend! This Whitney Witch<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> sewn by Kerry Hansen <\/b>looks pretty as a pumpkim in shades of orange<\/span>. Did you notice the orange stripes on her socks are sewing measuring tape? If you look closely, you can also see a curvy orange decorative stitch on the hat brim.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Witch Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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More Halloween Cats & other spooky favorites!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

This year we had two different cat patterns submitted as entries, both Patch Pussycat and the new pattern Socks the Sitting Cat. Here’s a <\/span>Patch Pussycat<\/strong><\/span><\/a> sewn by Lisa Johnson<\/strong> in cute Halloween prints. She did a great job with fussy-cutting by centering a cobweb on Patch’s cheek.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Patch Cat Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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There’s more fussy-cutting to see on this entry sewn by Elizabeth Magown. Elizabeth centered a cat skull fabric design of the forehead piece of Socks the SITTING Cat. It’s good to see Socks has in a collar so he won’t get lost.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nat Egan<\/strong> went for a spooky look with her Frankenstein monster version of Socks the SITTING Cat<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span> – stitches and all! The orange eyes are a nice color contrast, along with the neck bow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the SITTING Cat pattern<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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If you’ve got a lot of coordinating scraps from other projects, the Silly Scrap Snake<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> pattern is a quick, fun way to use them up. This colorful snake was sewn by Joy Davies<\/strong>\u00a0in a bunch of fun Halloween fabrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Scrap Snake Sewing Pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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The fabrics on this Batty Bat<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> are so festive and fun. He also looks like he’s ready to do a test flight in the sewing room. Lisa Johnson <\/strong>sewed this toy and left a note that it was her first try at the pattern. Great job, Lisa!
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Alicia Rice<\/strong> sewed this very special Boo – from the Batty & Boo Bat & Ghost Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> in honor of her best friend. She explained her choice of fabric and eyes in the caption. I bet this Boo is proud to have special antique buttons for eyes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lisa Mahoney<\/strong> sewed this cute Batty Bat<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and added colorful accent fabrics on the ears and wings, showing that bats don’t have to be all black. Lisa then took Batty outside for a photoshoot<\/span>.\ud83e\udd87<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Bat & Ghost Pattern<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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Alicia Rice<\/strong> sewed this autumnal Goat<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> in a sophisticated black and orange fabric design.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Goat pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Next up, some UNUSUAL Halloween Characters…<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

How fun! <\/span>Heather<\/b> Shaw<\/b> created a truly unique toy when she sewed the Coco Chameleon<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span> pattern in an unusual Halloween fabric. This yellow and navy blue combination makes a great departure from traditional Halloween colors.\ud83c\udf83 His tongue is orange, though!\ud83e\udde1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Chameleon pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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If you’re sewing toys for siblings, how do you make each to different, yet also similar? Just switch up the main color and contrast fabrics like Keely<\/b> Birdsong<\/b> Peffer<\/b> did when she sewed this delightful duo of Halloween Tilly Tortoises.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Tortoise pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Celebrating Halloween is somewhat new for us in Australia so it was fun to see this Halloween version of Plattie Platypus<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> sent via email entry by Tamara McMaster<\/strong>! His<\/span><\/span> red eyes nicely coordinate with the fabric.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Platypus pattern.<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
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Normally we get lots of ducks for Easter, so this Halloween version of Dilby Duck<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> is a fun treat. Leigh Ann Millard Jensen<\/strong> used fussy-cutting to perfectly place the eyes on the toy. Look closely and you’ll see the eyes are part of the fabric design!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to purchase the Duck pattern.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Many magical Halloween MICE!!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Maximus Mouse was a popular choice for a Halloween toy again this week. Audrey Gorvett made this zombie version of Maximus Mouse<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> with faux leather hands and feet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Glow-in-the-dark fabric adds an extra element of fun to a handmade toy. Sharon Cupp Wagner sewed up Maximus Mouse<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> in high contrast skeleton fabric and provided a “night view” photo of him, too. Sharon has placed a circle of white felt behind the black craft eyes on this toy, and that’s a great tip for when you’re sewing with dark fabrics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This cute trick-or-treating trio of Maximus Mice<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span> was sewn by Erica Woolmington<\/strong>, Notice how carefully she placed the fabric skulls and spiders on the ears!!!!\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udd77\ufe0f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Mouse pattern<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Digger Dachshund<\/strong><\/a><\/span> is ready to go collect some candy (dog treats, I mean) dressed in his Halloween best. Digger was sewn by Megan Skapin.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Dachshund pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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What an adorable photo! This happy little boy gets to give out a Honey Teddy to each child in his preschool class. Kierney Stastny <\/strong>sewed 8 (!) Halloween Honey teddies for this wonderful surprise.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking for a FREE
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Honey Teddy Bear is a free pattern that I give to my newsletter subscribers as a thank you gift. If you haven’t got the pattern already – scroll down to the bottom of the page and sign up for my newsletter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tina<\/b> Semora<\/b> caught her Ben the BEGINNER Bear<\/a><\/strong><\/span> raiding the candy bowl. Do you see the black cats on each ear? Another great example of fabric placement. The makers really got on board with “fussy-cutting” this Halloween, as you’ve see throughout this post. I don’t think we’ve ever seen so much careful fabric placement in a set of contest entries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the BEGINNER Bear pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.
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AND now…<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s time to announce the WINNER!\ud83e\udd73<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The winner of the drawing is Kerry Hansen, <\/b>who sewed not 1 but 3 wonderful versions of Whitney Witch<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/b>This photo shows how you can style Whitney Witch in lots of ways, from traditional orange to pastels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click HERE to buy the Witch Sewing pattern.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
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CONGRATS ! You win<\/span>
\na Funky Friends Factory Gift Voucher\u00a0<\/span>
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What fun! I loved seeing all the creative entries…I think every Halloween toy was a hit!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Can’t wait till NEXT Halloween!\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

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

Pauline
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We’ve had so many wonderful entries in the Halloween Contest this year!\u00a0THANKFULLY it was a random entry drawing and I didn’t have to choose the winner myself – it would have been way too hard to pick a favourite!\ud83d\ude0b Scroll down to the end of this post to see if you won!\u00a0   But first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38135,"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":[19,33,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-competitions-giveaways","category-fff-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/500.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38057","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=38057"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38207,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38057\/revisions\/38207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}