Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

I had a different type of faux fur too...it wasn't polyester and I had no problems but with polyester it feels like it is eating on my hands. Ouch!

  What a cute display of teddies...

  Thanks Becky.  Yes, the fur makes him look even a lot chubbier than he is!  It is very fluffy...

Oh my, what a cute little girl!

So sorry Katie...I surely know about limitations.  I sat at the dinning room table to cut mine out and had to cut all the pieces apart before cutting them out so I could reach them.  This fur was very difficult to work with.  Next time I am going to try something a little easier!

I finished my Christmqas bear in time for Christmas...my hands are very sore but he is finished!  Let me know of any improvements I should make please...this is bear #3..

What a cutie...

  I love them...my favorite is Diesel...so cute!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww now that's cute!

Oh my, perhaps I should get out my mohair fur and hold it and play with it a bit to see if I react...

I know the mohair I use for rooting babies is bought raw and then washed several times with special soap and then dyed...hummm, could be the dye!

  Snowball is one handsome bear!

I usually keep surgical gloves and I am out.  I will try that.  This fur is beautiful...the backing is really nice and the  fur is long and dense.  I love it but my hands don't.  I was wondering about the mohair though.  I do root my babies with mohair but, like I said, if I even prick my finger a tiny bit I have a bad reaction and infection.  Don't know if it is the mohair itself or perhaps something on it?  Perhaps the chemicals used to clean it?  Guess I'll find out.  I bought some beautiful mohair for my Ellie I am planning.

:doh:  I hear ya...my house is now a beautiful fuzzy white!

  I have tried and cannot work with gloves!  Yes, the wool thing is bad too.  Do you have a problem with mohair?  I have pricked my finger with the needle that I root mohair with and got a very bad reaction.  Don't know how it would work making a bear out of mohair.  I have bought some but have been afraid to try...

You all know I am new here and to making artist bears...WELL, I wish someone had told me what kind of fur to use for beginners.  I am on my thrid bear and I bought some beautiful white mink faux fur.  It is gorgeous!  BUT, it is SO HARD to sew and now I am trying to close seams and it is impossible!  PLUS, I now remember why, 30 years ago, I stopped making baby cuddly animals...I AM ALLERGIC TO POLYESTER!  Which, of course, is what the stuff is made of I guess!  My hands are so sore and bleeding I don't know when I will be able to finish my Christmas bear...hopefully by Christmas!

Oh sweet Bonnie Bear...

  So pretty...I want my tree to look like that one!

Oh my she is sweet...wish I could figure out how you make your faces so sweet...

Best of luck with Noel...he's a real beauty...

Here ya go...

Woah, I am cross eyed just reading about this...I love the five toes, and yes, bears have five toes...BUT, I can never seem to fit five toes on the paw pad.  I fell in love with the heart shaped pad and think I will try that on my next bear.

After overcasting by hand I sew on the machine with the pad down on the machine.  I need to see what I am doing with the leg which is harder for me to get set properly...

Do you have a list of your customers that you could send your new name to?  You certainly could advertise the change on Teddy Bear Forums...

  I see there is a new chalenge but it looks like it is a  little advanced for new bear makers...guess I'll have to wait!