Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Oh, he really is adorable!LOVE him!  

He's very cute Jenny! I love his curly head and his sweet expression!

I hadn't realized there were already some panda ready! I must blame it on the Easter holidays...
They are both wonderful! Ladies, you really did a great job there.
I haven't even started on my own panda....now I wonder if I'll be able to do it in time....

I agree with Jenny. I'm sure the plush toys industries work that way. To me, it would be a totally different challenge as I would have to learn the use of the computer program first of all, and in the end, it would take time and energy from my old way of figuring out a pattern. The thing is, I just love that part of the process. Drawing the animal understand its shapes, translating each body part into a 3D pattern, making a prototype. All this trial and error thing is very important to me, it gives me great pride. When I find a new solution for a problem, and see that it works, it is really so exciting...it wouldn't feel the same if the same solution had come out of a PC program. Maybe I like to do things the hard  way! 

Thank you Lisa! 

She is too beautiful for words!     

Thank you Pink!

Oh, thank you all so much for your kind comments, they really mean a lot!    

Hello!
I'm pleased to present my new fox Kyra.
She has already found a new home, but I wanted to show her off!   

Beautiful!

An interesting question! I have never done a 'wings' project, so take my input as a pure suggestion that is not supported by experience. If I had to attach wings, I would make them in one piece instead of two, and sew them in the middle, trying to go through the body to attach them securely. If you are also using needle felting, you successively might put some 'patch' to conceal the sewn area. I don't know if it makes sense....

How cute they are!

What a great face he has! Great job, as always!

Beautiful!    

Thank you for your appreciation!
Eddybare, I'm afraid you will have to rely on somebody else for the open-close eyelids tutorial as I have never tried making them!  
I think Joanne Livingstone    made one on her fantastic blog, if I remember correctly!

Areally wonderful bear! And his fur also is great!

Wow, this seems a very useful tip! I never heard of it, will give it a try!

Your puppy is really very cute!   

Cool! I love the colour....and the name! 

Thank you Nan!

Nan, I also sew by hand with Gütermann. What I have learned when doing my embroidery class years ago is that you have to let your needle dangle, hanging from the thread, so that it turns on itself. You do it from time to time, so that your thread doesn't knot. It helps a lot. I hope the explanation is clear...I'm afraid I haven't explained it that well...

Great bear!

Well Peter, thank you so much for your kind support and help!  
Now I know I'll spend happy hours browsing Facebook groups like you suggested, and never get back to sewing...

Thanks a lot!!!!!
Hugs

She's wonderful!   

Thank you Conni!