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Wow! What a lovely bear! 
Fenna has doen a wonderful job! She has a great teacher!
My old thread revived!!! And many new stories! Thank you all for sharing.
I have posted prices of available bears (unless they are available from my shops then I link to my shops). Nothing I can find in the in the terms of use prohibits this.
Is that true??? How clever he is!
mole hair???!!! :crackup: :crackup:
February issue ships Dec. 1
We're creative, not organized.(OK, I speak for myself, not everyone, but I know I'm not alone!)
LOL! Me too!
I didn't get mine yet...I'm afraid maybe I was so disorganized this year I let the subscription laps!
This is an interesting topic! I found a few other threads which relate... I think Deb of Heartsez "wins" I get a little light headed every time I read this one!
http://www.teddy-talk.com/viewtopic.php?id=17658&p=1
Your bears are so cute! I love your little Steampunk avitar bear!
Good for you Karon!
Oh I love this. I have been working and I'm in a grove with a show coming up and all, and I keep thinking I should stop and tidy up, but I don't want to throw off my groove!
I knwo from past experience that the mess itself will soon thow it off---I'll clean it up then!
Deinse, too funny!
Thank you Jane for taking the time to take all these photos and share them with Teddy Talk. I do hope tha someday I will be able to attend Hugglets in person, but until then, I look forward to visiting with you through the photos each year!
:photo: :photo: Woo hooo! Congratulations to all the winners!!! :clap: :clap:
Your children are beautiful!!!
Edited to add, I just spent half an our looking at your blog, with your lovely children , your beautiful artwork, your fantastic soft sculpture, and your house project! I loved it all but I've got to ask one thing...do you sleep? LOL!
Hello,
Are you making your own pattern or purchasing one? If you make your own pattern I would guess you need at leats a yard of fabric. One of the biggest bears I currently make is 23" and he uses 1/2 of a yard. Because of the size of the pieces, though I must have a full yard of fabric. I can cut two of the design from a one yard piece, but if I only purchase half a yard, I cannot fit all the pieces of one on it.
If you purchase a pattern, the instructions will tell you how much fur to use. Stuffing big bears is a good arm workout!
Hi, Jenny! Thank you. I was thinking along those lines. I decided to try Createx air brush paint because it is acrylic based. I mixed it with some water to make it slightly traslucent and I think it worked. I am not entirely pleased with the color as I was going for something a little warmer, but since the fabric is still nice and soft I think I can add another layer with some warmth. I was too impatitent to wait for an answer :redface: had to go experiment!
I have seen some amazing affects done with oil based colors, but have been afraid to try them because of something I was told in art class ages ago. The reason canvas must be given a coat of Gesso (an acrylic based primer) before oil paints are used is because the oil paint will deteriorate the fabric over time. I would worry the same would happen to the fur, and you couldn't very well "gesso" the bear!
Hi all! I have been using an air brush for ages on my bears and I don't think they look finished without it. All of this time I have only used the airbrush for shading, that is adding darker color. I use Dye Na Flow silk dyes and have been pleased with the results.
I have a bear now who has darker fur (mohair) which I would like to highlight rather than shade. Has anyone had luck with airbrushing lighter color over darker fur? I'm not sure the silk dyes will work because you cannot really dye something a lighter color, but I am a wee bit afraid that a more opaque paint will stiffen the fur too much. Anyone care to share experiences?
P.S. nice to stop back in and "see" everyone.
LOVE THESE!!!!
Thank you everyone!
We used Windows Movie Maker which came with the computer. My 12 year old showed it to me last year, and I just played around with it to learn it. I think it is pretty straight forward. And now that the boys have given me the idea, I think I'll preview all my bear shows that way.
Hey all! Sorry I haven't been in much! I'm still making bears and I am doing a signing at the shop My Friends and Me next week. My sons made this fun preview video of the bears I'll be taking to the event. Isn't it great? I may have to pay them as marketing guys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEdCsnAAom0
Check out the video I made (The Teddy Bear Song) while you are there if you haven't already. It was my first and only attempt at video-making.
Bear Hugs!!!
Tami
Congratulations! What a wonderful feeling! Your joy is contagious!
What a great photo! I love the bear! Good for Vince for helping you to make the bear.
Here is an old blog post where I show how I made armatures in a big (23") bear.
http://insidemystudio.blogspot.com/2008 … chive.html
That face is too sweet for words!!! My most recent fellow is named Pip too! I was listening to Great Expectations on CD while making him!
I loved that movie!!! And I love your little tribute to Beatrix Potter. Her dress is adorable!
Gail , what a sad story, but I can relate to that. there were many times I was sure that would be the fate of hamsters we owned. It was not but still.
I love hamsters too, but am afraid to own another. They have such short life spans it seems compared to cats or dogs, and I become so attached.
All the hamsters we had were escape artists, but they didn't jump out of my hands for me to follow. They snuck out in the night, so we'd be looking for them days at a time, hoping our other pets (the feline variety) didn't find them first! Our first cage for hamsters was one of those cute wire ones with multi level places for them to crawl and colorful tubes to attach more fun stuff. I watched in amazement when one hamster used his tiny hands to open the latch! The weirdest thing was when one hamster got stuck in a toy Hummer of my son's. He got out in the night and he was stuck in the drivers seat as if he'd been trying to make an escape by car!
We had to take the car apart with a scewdriver to rescue him. I was quite upset at the time, but when we had him safely out I realized it was kind of funny.
