Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

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I do have 3 commissions to do at the moment but how do you define yourself as a great artist-by how many customers you have
The person below me is going out somewhere nice today and the weather is lovely.
Laurie :hug:

Congratulations Jane and Tami :dance:
Laurie :hug:

Yes I confess I did open the front door the other day to put a spider outside
The person below me loves to spend money.
Laurie :hug:

Congratulations Yvonne :clap:  :dance:  :clap:  :dance:  :clap:  :dance:
Laurie :hug:

Hi Christine,
Have you spoken to your friend to see if they have actually received the item?If they haven't maybe the delivery people tried to deliver the item and no one was in and they never left a card and will just try again to redeliver it or if it was delivered you might not recieve the confirmation until the delivery driver has handed in his paperwork to say that he had delivered it so that the details can then be put in on the computer.There could be lots of reasons as to where it is.I hope it turns up soon-I would be panicking if I spent all that money too but then there is still time even if it was supposed to be delivered by a certain time.
Laurie :hug:

       
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I think I understand what you mean Jenny    
You sound like you work similar to me although I handsew all my bears.I pin all my head together making sure that it is even all over and I then stitch one side from nose to neck and the other from neck to nose.By doing it this way the stitches all look the same from the top.It was really awkward when I first started to sew like this as I found it hard to sew backwards but I remember reading somewhere that this was the way to sew the gussets so I persevered and now it is second nature.
Laurie :hug:

Congratulations Marion.You have a very handsome husband and your wedding pictures are lovely.Good luck to you both and I hope you have a lovely future together.
Laurie :hug:

       
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Congratulations Gemma on your wedding.It looks like you had a great day and the cake with its roses are beautiful.Good luck with your house move
Laurie :hug:

Lovely bear Paula and lovely colours    
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She is such a little cutie Paula    
I love the photo of her looking at the telly.
Laurie :hug:

I forgot to mention Jenny that we walked our 2 dogs at the Hole of Horcum and our Dobermans collar snapped right near the fence where the road is and we had to quickly grab him and we ended up buying him a new red collar in Whitby the same day.
Laurie :hug:

I am sooo jealous Jenny .I love Yorkshire and have been in May this year but would love to go again.We often catch the crew filming heartbeat when we go and I saw Rob on his motorbike last year   I would love to go this time of the year so I could see all the heather in full bloom.Thanks for the photos -I will just have to dream(for now!!!)
Laurie :hug:
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Is the 4th picture the Hole of Horcum-we walked there in May and it was lovely.

I had a look the other day Jane and I think your bears are lovely    It is nice to be able to see them after all this time and it is a great idea of Julies to enable artists to show off their bears.I had to get Penny to do my website as I am not too good at computers but Julies idea is a great option.
Laurie :hug:

I am doing my first show in a fortnight and still have 6 bears I am trying to finish I have just tried to make a selection of different sizes and styles of bears.There are a few that I have done that I have already decided will go well together.I am hoping to finish just in time though so that I can set them up at home and see what bears will go together and  hope there will be none which would look out of place.There is no reason why you couldn't make bears with a theme in mind but then you would be making bears with the display in mind rather than choosing materials etc that you really want to work with.
Laurie :hug:

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I love them both Connie-your bears have such lovely faces and expressions        
That is one of my fears-cutting out your pattern and hoping that all the pieces are the right way around.I usually check them and check them again.If it is going to happen it is always when you only just have enough mohair in the first place
Laurie :hug:

Have a great time Jane :dance:  :dance:  :dance:
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Beat you Daphne 16.87 :dance:
I studied the pattern too.Why I am doing this I don't know-I am supposed to be turning up my daughters school trousers and it is 12.23am 
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They are lovely photos and my children loved them too.He is such a cutie    
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Thanks for taking all those lovely photos.I really wished I could have gone but hopefully I will go next time.
Laurie :hug:

Great selection there Natty.I love the tatty old bear and the elephants too   .I am now doing my first elephant and I think I am hooked on them-it is a nice change to make something else.
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Count me in Lisa-it sounds like great fun.I do different styles of bears but the old tatties are my favourites :dance:  :dance:  :dance: .There is plenty of time too if we have to be done by the new year-I am a bit of a slow worker sometimes
Laurie :hug: