🐻 Funky Friends Factory Melody Memory Bear: Perfect Sewing Pattern for a Cute and Sentimental Keepsake Review

This pattern and instructions were clearly made by an amateur and not a professional pattern maker. The markings and instructions differ from the standard markings you are used to seeing on a professional model. It's also printed on printer paper, not master paper, so it's quite thick. The instructions are difficult to follow unless you go online and find a tutorial. I am a very experienced seamstress and trained in professional pattern drawing and this pattern has made me scream several times.

Not for the inexperienced sewer - but no big deal. All the usual things a good seamstress has done hundreds of times, only less. You must be willing to work in tight spaces. The details fit together perfectly. The only problem with the pattern was that the instructions didn't explain how and when to add the nose. If you don't watch this carefully, you'll end up opening the suture to insert your nose. The result was excellent. I also felt that the eyes needed to be larger than I expected and the

This pattern is well written and the online instructions are the best I've seen. I was a bit intimidated by the amount of detail, but they all come together nicely. Pictured is my first teddy bear I made at a patchwork retreat and everyone couldn't believe how cute it came out. Since then I have made 13 more. Sadly I lost my father to cancer on December 1st and decided to make bears out of his shirts for all 13 grandchildren. It was a labor of love and the only problems I had was that I talked…