Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

forgot to ask - Marian, do you needle felt the wool overtop the shaved mohair fabric?

Therese, thanks for clairifying - I'll give the wool felt a try (I wasn't very keen on colouring such a large area)

Marian - needle felting sounds interesting too.  I bought my daughters a bunch of wool and needles to keep them occupied over last summer holidays They made some surprisingly beautiful creations - (surprising because of their age,  5 and 8 yrs.) Any way - I have the stuff - I might just give this tecnique a go as well!

Laurie

Therese,
Thank you for that tip. I'll certainly give it a try.

Is the felt piece set in (like a foot pad) or is the felt simply sewn ontop of the mohair fabric?

I've not had much experince with sculpting, but I would imagine that a felt roof would be easier to sculpt that the mohair fabric.  (I've probably over stuffed the head for sculppting purposes)

My bear's mouth is quite  small - I'm not sure if I could work an inset, felt mouth though.  I have a little fabric to spare - I'm going to give it a try -
Thanks again - I'ed love to see the bear you're working on.
Laurie

Now,  I hope this question has gone to the correct place -

I've been experimenting with an open mouth teddy.  She has a light pink ultra suede tongue, and I've coloured the roof of the mouth with a black copic marker.  The problem is that the black is rubbing off, onto her tongue.
What am I doing wrong?  Is there a better way?

thanks
Laurie