Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Wow he is stunning and such a big boy      

Enjoy Peterborough, wish the elecie man wasn't coming else I would have come and said "Hi" 

They are so so sweet       

A huge congratulations from me too  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Don't blush, your bear is stunning.........................congratulations  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Ah Dawn its such a shame that you decided to withdraw from the awards but understandable

Maybe next year you could enter under a pseudonym  :crackup:

You're a star  :hug:  :hug:  :hug: 

A huge congratulations Dawn................well done you, I bet you are chuffed  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:

Does that mean there will be no issue out next week????

Beats a watch any day............................she is stunning       

Hi Leanne, he has a gorgeous face and you should rightly be proud

I live in a mixed world, those like my mother who loves all my bears, my hubby and daughter who are my critics and work who just look and at best say "oh thats nice" and at worst say "oh"

Each time I vow not to show my new bears to those non bear people but each time I do, mainly for their approval (that me) I think its just a question of whether a person is a bear person and not if the bear is good or not.........................hope that makes sense

Anyway, he does have a beautiful face and a nose to die for  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Hi Sue, what a great idea
Mine is the same as you, I have loved steiff for a long time mainly due to my mothers story of having to give away her childhood steiff (1930's) when she was 10.
I will remember the day forever, it was Christmas 2007 and my hubby said I could have my first steiff, so off to ebay I trots. I then found the category "Artist", luckily for me there were 2 bears on there A Three O'clock bear and A Wee Scone........................and I just sat there staring at them each in turn, for what seems like ages. You could call it my "light bulb moment" I then researched and researched........................I got part the way through a magazine pattern but the material was sooooooo cheap that I abandoned him straight after he was sewn. From then on I started on my own patterns..........................................obsession is not the word.....................it goes beyond that, having been known to stand all day at a show, get home, unload, start diner, cup of tea in hand and start sewing again  :crackup:
I too have bears that make themselves, some can be tetchy and difficult and some are dreams and when you are finished you doubt you have had any hand in it at all

A huge congratulations to all you nominees, you all deserve it, good luck       

Congratulations Julia       

Congratulations Maria     

Congratulations Sandra, I hope you enjoy your day     

Huge congratulations, well deserved       

Thanks Joanne  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Ah Denise thank you..............................6 months ago I vowed never again but well..................what more can you say  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

I still can't k2tog yet on those tiny needles  I have to k1 psso  but I will master it  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

What a sweetie       

Oh he's stunning, such fabulous colours       

What a fabulous idea Jane, I too have a few copies and wondered what to do, didn't seem right to sell them for profit so I think the Moon Bears in Asia will get my proceeds

        :hug:

Thanks guys, I have to say I think the mohair was a tad too long but I do love the way he turned out  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Ahhhhhhh Ladies you are all so kind  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

I adore Chestnut, he looks so cute         

What a little darling       

Gosh she is stunning, so beautiful