Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Millie, I love you bear! Very nice color match. Dying mohair.. your very brave artist and very talanted!

Rita, your bear is so sweet!! I looove sad bears!!! you just want to hug them and never let go.

Jane, I hope everything will be fine. You are very brave, kind and great person. You'll get over it.

Hugs,
Julia.

Heather, I have no experience in sewing panda ber but I do keep in mind to do it someday. So I would  love to hear some advice also.

Julia.

My smallest bear is 10 cm, and my daughter love it.
But I tend to create really big bear 27-32 inch. Just finish my black bear-girl...

Thanks for the tips
Hug, Julia.

Oh, just found this topic!!  thank you for advise. I'm surely going to use it.

Hugs
Julia

I stuffed one of my bear with beans in a soft plastic bag. Bag gave a bear funny sound. My liitle daughter love it.

Once I put decorative small rocks for home plant inside. What a heavy bear I've got!!:lol::lol:

I like to use glass beads I have in stock. I love beading as well. If you going to embroide the area you filled with beads be carefull cause needle gets into a hole in a bead. Just take extra time. :/

That's my experiments.

Hugs, Julia

I have a little problem. I'm designing a bear with laaarge foot. It will be a girl. Very small. 9-11 inch. So I think she'll have a slim hips. Do I made myself clear? It's hard to explain thoughts in the head (espessually in my head, espessually in foreign language:( .   )

Is there any propotion or you just use imagination. I use imagination but it need some professional touch.

Charming little bear! I love teddies with button suit. I have to do one myself some day.

Marie, you are lucky indeed. Wonderful site, best friend:) and cute bears. (Pearl is the one I like most!)

Julia

Just wanted to add.. those two bears of mine are not my first ever bears.. but first MOHAIR ones. The others are faux fur, viscose, acrylic, ets. :lol:

Judi, you bears family is amazing! I admire your work and hope take classes someday..

Daphne, Mooseltoe reminds me of a happy time!! Very cute! :D

Karen what a golly-Molly!! Super!!

boulou18pau, Oooh, France!! That is so far away! I'm glad we've got a chance to meet and talk about our bears! :)

Danni, thanks, but I know my English had better days.... when I lived in Tacoma, WA. Now I'm like a dog..understand everything, but don't speak. Some practice maybe would help..;)
I'm not sure about my "cleaverness". My husband says, I'd better go study economics, rather then sew bears!

Jane!!! Your Russian is perfect!! Спасибо. (Thanks). I was studing forum's lessons on bear-making and decided to improve my English as well.:):):)

Winney, I'm pleased indeed to hear from you such words. You are wonderful artist and as you say about other girls very kind person.

Shari, Laura Lynn , Eileen , Tammy , THANK YOU. Your words are very important to me. Make me try whole new ideas!:lol:

Marie_ I speak Japanese a little too. So マリアさんの言葉をきいて、とても嬉しくなりました。Japan, France, Canada all these countries are used to internet-shops..but as for my place... I ordered some stuff from Germany, payed when it was delivered. It took 2 mounth!!!

Thanks Marie. Nice to hear from the closest bearmaker.:):) My city is much closer to Japan rather than to Moscow:D We don't have Japanese mohair over here. All bear's stuff my husband is buying for me in Tokyo (The Teddy Bear Shop). I would loooooove to try Intercatlg mohair! Such a variety of colors, types!!! But I'm not sure about delivery and payment method.:(

Danni, you bears are such a sweethearts! Thanks for your warm and friendly community

Sorry, I haven't practiced my English for 12 years or so...maybe it sounds funny..:)

hugs to all of you
Julia

Gina, thanks! :)
Growler is just wonderful! It gives a character and a weight as well:lol:

Hugs to all of you,
Julia

Shelli, thanks for such a cherishing words. :)

This, blue bear has recovered all new stuff I got to know from this forum:

painted glass eyes
leather eyelids
such a low-slung ears
needle-sculpted mouth

And my second bear Rozochka (English: Little Rose)
I've made only two mohair bear yet.
11 inch, mohair, glass beads, growler, eyelids, glass eyes, shaded face.

Girls !! I admire all your wonderful work! Your bears just adorable;)

You MADE me to improve myself in techniques and different styles. I'm a begginer teddy bear artist (at least I'm trying to be the one :rollyes:) I leave in Russia and the only one in my town make teddies. As far as I know..
Just wanted to show my latest bear to hear any words from you, guys.
Vasya-vasilek
11 inch, glass hand painted eyes, leather eyelids (my first one ever made - thank you, Shelli), plastic pellets, mohair (Japan made).