Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Congratulations Samantha!! I see you and your bears soon at Hugglets!!

And Ellen,
I just printed the list I received with email this morning, with all nominated artist/bears,  and you are listed with AVIVA. Congratulations!!

Berta
www.threadteds.com

Thanks so much Tammy, and thank you to everyone who send their Congratulations here on TT and privat.

Many many thanks!!
Berta

I received the message this morning, Marina also received a nomination. She receive a Toby Industry Choice Award 2008 too, I am so proud of her

Congratulations to all GTA nominees!!
Berta
www.threadteds.com

I wil be there too, stand 116 or the other side, stand 125. I am participating 2 times a year and I mix up the stand numbers, these are opposite each other though.
See you at Hugglets!
Berta
www.threadteds.com

As mentiont in the other thread about this seller, she had 2 patterns of me listed. I wrote this to the seller:

Please remove my pattern. If not removed this afternoon, I report to eBay!! I am member of eBays VERO programm. You can NOT resell my patterns. I am the copyright holder and what you do is against the law.

Within 5 minutes she replied: no Problem,is Ok. Greetings Micha.

and ended the listings of my patterns prompt.

Maybe she does not know that what she is doing is agains the law..  I told her that she could expect more complains, so maybe she is going to remove the other patterns too.. if you have a pattern from you there.. just write to her first, I am sure she wil remove it too.
Not everyone knows that it is wrong and a warnings like this, from the designer to the person directly, could help already.

It is such a hassel to go through eBay (belive me, I know) to have the patterns removed by eBay. Special because she is from another eBay site (Germany) it takes even longer. In the mean time the auction ends and the patterns are sold already.

Wel, hope this helps others.
Berta

She has 2 of my patterns and writes this is from a BB? What does BB mean?
I only sell these as a pattern only, never were published in a book and have these on eBay myself.

The last weeks I feel I do nothing else as playing policeman, I spent houres and houres to have my book removed from picasa, last week someone sent me a warning my patterns were free to download on a Russisch website ( I stil try to figure out who to contact to have these removed) and now this seller on eBay, selling my patterns.. 

It makes me think about quiting with selling my patterns...sigh..

Gues I need to write to eBay now..I am so tired of this!!!!!!

Thank you for posting!!
Berta

Thank you so much Marion for the TOBY nominee list.
I am so exited to be nominated..here is my nominee MARINA in the miniature dressed catagory.
Thank you for the congartualtions and huge CONGRATULATIONS to all other nominees !!
Berta

Thank you Marion!!

And you are very welcome Penney!! I look forward seeing Yummie in real and take care of him!!

Hugs,
Berta

Thank you Lisa, Karen and Mathilda. 

Happy Holidays!!
Berta

Merry Christmas from me too!!

Hi Lisa,

I think name and email is enough, as I think they count votes on email addresses. Not sure though how it works.

Thank you for voting!

Berta

The nominees for Ted World Wide are now published on their website.

I have 2 bears nominated in the Masterclass catagory. "N.O.S.T.© New Old Style Ted" in the mixed materials, undressed catagory, and "climbing bear" in the Purely mechanic catagory.
Another Teddy Talk member, Penney Ahmed with  Yumee - "The peaceful Bear" is nominated in the Artist Nature Bear catagory.

I don`t know if more Teddy Talk members are nominated, please forgive me if I forgot someone.

I hope you have a little spare time to take a look at all the nominated bears and cast your vote each catagory.

http://www.baerreport.de/_ted/ted_2008/ … niert.html

Thank you so very much!!

Berta

Congratulations Penney!!   :clap:
I too have nominations for Ted World Wide..  one for NOST© who made 3th place in the URSA awards (avator picture), and one nomination for my climbing bear.

This is Climbing Bear nominated for Ted World Wide

Hugs,
Berta

CONGRATULATIONS BOBBIE!! 

And if you mean the T-shirt the Girl in the picture is wearing... I WANT ONE TOOOOOOOOOO...

Hugs,
Berta

Here is my Teddy Bear Scene Readers Choice Nominee, URSA finalist and TITA nominee:  N.O.S.T.© (New Old Style Ted) nominated in the C catagory. No Bobbie, we are not in the same catagory, my bear is 17 cm tall, to big for the mini catagory.

Congratulations and GOOD LUCK to all nominees!!

Berta
www.threadteds.com

Congratulations Maria!!  :clap:

I too have a TITA nominee, the N.O.S.T.© bear (Also nominated in the URSA challenge) is traveling to Japan for display and final voting.

Hurray!! 

And oh.. I almost forgot  :doh: (not realy..)  I was #1 in the Swiss Teddy Award last weekend. There was only one catagory, bears had to be between 25 and 35 cm, undressed with 1 or 2 accessoires.  I hope to post picture soon. My computer crashed and I only can go online to read mail on another computer.

Look forward to hear who all is nominated !!

Berta

200 pair of socks...    how many sock monkeys that would make ..

Berta

Got my magazine today and so happy to see my N.O.S.T.© got nominated. It is a new direction I am working on since a long time. The "old days" direction, I just love the traditional old style bears and to archieve their shape in crochet is quiet a challenge each time.
I have posted my nominated bear picture in the other topic. Thank you to all I received already congratulations from, here in the forum and privat.

Congratulations to all other nominated artist. Wow Samantha, 2 times congratulations, I come see them both in real at Hugglets! Abraham the Lion is a biggie for you isn`t it?
And Maria`s bear on the cover..   and oh..I also have N.O.S.T.  Climbing bear in the Hugglets Show Review. The idea is from  push up childrens toy...  So much nice things in this magazine!!

Good luck to all!!
Berta

Here is myne.  The name is Rosalinde and she is from my N.O.S.T.© (New Old Style Teds)series.  I just love making these "oldies".
Hope you like her.

Berta
www.threadteds.com

CONGRATULATIONS Karen, Aleta, Marion, and Samantha..    and one more CONGRATULATIONS Samantha.. wow..Samantha 2 winners..you must be in heaven!!  Wel done!!

See you at Hugglets!
Berta

Hi Shelly,
My latest traditional pattern design is with bent legs. You find him at the Hugglets show preview on my website.
I made the design for a straight leg first, and cut it at the place were the knee is. Than I bent these paper shapes like a leg should bent, the back side is getting shorter, the front side longer...does this makes sence? and draw along the entire piece. This makes a permanent bent leg. The same technic you can use for the arms. My pattern is for a mini bear.
Good luck!!
Berta
PS: I love the Spell Check button.. here I can check how bad my english is and make corrections..lol.

Workshop proto type "Gift from the Heart" and N.O.S.T. New Old Style Ted with needle lace collar.

I am learning this needle lace, called Oya, it is so pretty!

Berta

BEAUTY AND THE NERD I entered in the mini undressed category. They were nominated!

KING MOUSE I entered in the mixed media category. He did not make it.

Congratulations to all nominated and thank you for sharing all your pictures!! Nominated or not nominated..to me they all look like winners!
Toy Toy Toy!
Berta
www.threadteds.com

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !! All the best for 2007!!
Hugs to all!
Berta

Wow, thank you so much for all your great replies and experience you had yourself with reading patterns. It is greatly appreciated and all suggestions, ideas and experience help me with preparing, and what is important to teach.
I too had to teach myself how to read patterns. My mother teached me the basic crochet stitches but never teached me abbreviations.
I learned by "looking", which I think is by far the best way to learn.
Many crochet patterns here in the netherlands and europe, like for doilies  or curtains or filet crochet are not written but drawings.
Also japanese patterns are mostly drawings.
Do you have experience with these? Do you like them? Do you prefer "written" before "drawings"? 

Thanks again,
Berta