Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Awww!!   

Congratulations Gemma  :hug:

Awww  he's lovely. I love his hairdo too!!

Awww! He's gorgeous Kim. 

Thanks everyone  :hug: , I keep practising my minis. I think they are finally starting to improve.

Thank you Vicki  :hug:

I'd like to introduce you all to Oscar.

His name is Oscar and he is 6" tall. He is fully cotter pin jointed and is made from chocolate coloured 'Sassy' plush fabric. He has black glass eyes and a black needle felted nose. Oscar is filled with polyester fibre and he has glass beads in his feet and tummy for a little extra weight.

I hope you all like him.

Hugs,

Kat

I get mine from www.fauxthrow.com, they have wonderful faux fur with really good backings.

Thanks Vicki!!

Congratulations to you too Natascha!!

I've just had an email from Australian Bear Creations and my bear Louis has been nominated. YAY!!!   :dance:  :dance:

You have to watch this, it's sooooo funny!! :crackup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfPjWQQDu3c

I love snow! We got a decent amount yesterday, and it was nice and fluffy.
This morning, the snow has gone down quite a bit, and is mostly ice.

Thankfully I only live a mile from work, so I walked yesterday and today. It was much nicer yesterday though. I didn't keep sliding everywhere.

I'm still amazed how bad we are at coping with snow. When I go skiing, the snow doesn't affect anyone, the roads are cleared and everyone can drive and get around as normal.

I took a couple of pics yesterday, but they are on my home computer. It looks really pretty from our back window, as we only look out onto fields. I'll put them up when I get home.

Hugs,
Kat

Thank you!

The fur is really nice to work with. Lovely and soft, and very cuddly.

This is a bear that my sister commissioned me to do for her girlfriend.

He is approximately 15" tall and is made from faux fur with leatherette paw pads. He is filled with heavy weight poly-fil and has a growler. He has black glass eyes and eye whites.

He is still nameless at the minute.

Allow me to introduce you to Joan.
She was a commissioned by a friend for her mums 80th birthday. I finished her just in time for Christmas.

She is 7.5" tall and is made from mohair and has leatherette foot pads. I have hand painted her green sparkly eyes.
She is also wearing a felted dress.

Hope you like her.

What a beautiful snake Vicki 
I love reptiles, if you can't already tell 

Awww! They have just got a pair of blue tongued skinks in at the pet shop I use for my crickets.

They let me hold the male, and he was a lovely little thing!

Clare, I watched the "My Fake Baby" programme.

It was the first time I saw these dolls. I think that the dolls look really good, but they freak me out because they just look too life-like.

That looks lovely, I love snow!

It snowed here last Thursday, but it had all gone by lunchtime  I don't actually remember the last time it snowed for Christmas. It is at least 10 years since we had a decent downpour.

But we are going to France on 11th January, skiing, so I will have lots of the stuff to play in 

Hugs,
Kat

Thanks!!!

My thoughts exactly Julie! My parents are thinking of a change of career and buying a b&b there, so hopefully we will get to go more often.

My dad just sent me these pictures of me and Rob. This is my real Victorian dress, roughly 110 years old (I made the cream jabot). It was taken in St Mary's Church (the one next to the abbey).

Thanks everyone.

I did get a lot of help from my friend Lynda (who made my corset). The instructions for the blouse were great, step by step.
The skirt and jacket instructions were more like a description of the garment. Thankfully Lynda has been making clothes for years and helped me figure out what I was supposed to be doing.

Just need a small bustle for it to stop it trailing too much.

My next challenge is to get a Victorian suit made for Rob, so that the outfits match. I have a pattern for another Victorian dress too. Plenty of time to get a few more things done ready for next October.

Thanks for all your lovely comments.

Whitby is a wonderful little fishing town in North Yorkshire (East Coast). Famous for it's abbey, this pic is from last October

It is my favourite place, it feels more like home than Barnsley, even though I have lived in Barnsley all my life.

Whitby Gothic Weekend is held twice a year, April and October. It has now been running for 15 years. They have bands playing over the weekend, and stalls (mainly clothes, boots and hair pieces). An artist we know, Anne Sudworth, always has a stall too, her artwork is beautiful (I have two prints of hers at home). You can see her artwork here www.annesudworth.co.uk.

It is a fantastic excuse to get dressed up. We get all dressed up through the day and wander around Whitby aimlessly for hours, having our photos taken by both professional photographers and random people. Then rest for an hour or so, then it's time to get all dressed up again and go to the pub.

There are lots of photos of people on here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/wgw/pool/page6/
This is a link to the events website: http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/

Hugs,
Kat

This is my first attempt at dress making. The full outfit is made from a 1890s patterns for Whitby Gothic Weekend this October.

My friends at Blue Belle Corsets made my corset for me (the dress only fits with a corset, as it pulls my waist in an inch).

I finally got it all finished one day before we had to set off for Whitby.

Hope you like it.

Hugs,
Kat

Thanks for your comments.

I just got a lovely email from the lady who bought her, saying that her daughter loves her new bear.

Hugs,
Kat

Thank you for your comments, I'm so glad you like him!!!