Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Thanks so much!!!

Or you could use a washer..

Thanks so much for your comment!

Thanks so much Vicki !

Thanks ..I really loved making her!

This kittie is made from Intercals Tissavel faux fur, silver with a gold tip.
She already has a new mom

http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/48-landscape-dyes

There you go!

They are about £8.50. They have about 65 colours to choose from...amazing quality of pigment. I just love them

Probear supplies the armature in small sizes..

I use landscape dyes and they are great for painting too . Very natural colours. With loc-line it's  easy to use a cotter pin as you just heat up a thick darning needle till it's hot enough ( red hot) and then push it through the locline to make a hole big enough to push the cotter pin through. It works well...I do it all the time.

Thanks so much !

Here are a few of the bears I have available on my stand at Hugglets tomorrow. If you visit my website you can see all of the bears that will be in my stand

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much...I love making these little bunnies!

Very very sweet!

Do you mean a ruffle or a collar. If it's a ruffle, there are lots of types of lace edging which you can buy in various widths...the. You just gather it up, sew it and either sew the ends together to form a ruffle...or what I do is to add a press stud so it can be removed from the bear.
If it's a collar, have a look on eBay for lace collars, there are lots around and can be altered to fit a teddy quite easily. I bought a lovely one in a thrift shop for £1 last year.

Thanks so much...I just keep trying new things some work ...some don't...
I like how he turned out!

Lovely work!

Thanks so much....

This is Dune...he's the biggest bear I have made for ages. I made him using Intercals Tissavel synthetic fur fabric. I think he's turned out very well! I love this fabric!

That's a really clever plan Thelma. I just do mine straight into the bear. I sometimes needle felt the eye whites but generally I use felt. The reason I think it works better than ultra suede is the texturally it's similar to the mohair so blends nicely. On tiny bears I would needle felt the eye whites. Then felt the lids...or use suede which I attach in much the same way as i do the eyes using long threads either end if the lids and a dab of glue to hold it in place on the glass eye.
Good job everyone has a different method!

Such beautiful work

Glad it worked!

Thank you so much!

Thanks so much guys.....I do love making a bunny occasionally!