Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

well done again , susan xxxx

wow karen, this is great - a propper lewis carol cheshire cat
great teeth
thanks for flooring me yet again !
as you know, i like to create interpretations as some of my commissions ...
cat xxx

id happily take dear johnny to bed xxxx

thnaks maria xxxx

thank you, i just love doing button jointed critters !
cat xxxx

wow, so he has, thank you - i went off with my kids for the day and there he was getting adopted !
thank you nt XXXX
cat xxx

here he is in the pliush team shop, with his story too

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72224757/st … v1_other_2

*he SOLD - and then he won round one!*

and i would be soo happy if you would vote for him in round 2 - scroll down to the voting bit

http://www.plushteam.com/2011/04/plusht … lenge.html

thank you teddy talkers - thanks for all your round one votes !

cat xxxx

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fantastic work, thank you for your lovely pictures well done everyone xxxxx

very clever - lovely deep moist eyes !!!!

i like him karen and i am glad its not juts me that gets bossed about by bears and animals with ideas of  their own ... 'i am getting born this way and thats that !'
i juat have ti go with it, like you !
just like having kids really .....

no its not the faux throw folk's i am waiting to get some furs from them too !
this other company sent me a roll of lovely of white and i want some more
(costuming has eaten it up!)

yes i recommend pat at the faux throw :-)

i have been doing a search and i am sure i contacted a company called marnes or marneys?
and i am sure a teddy talker told me about them
i think they are london based ...

looked both on the web and in here but of course i dont seem to have the name right !!!
can anyone help?

i wonder if cloe knows?
thanks guys

cat xxxx

:-)

i love his face !

thanks everyone, she has certainly challenged me
a blog post here with a teeth joke in it haha

http://raggyrat.blogspot.com/2010/12/la … -2010.html

andit my last blog post of the year !
happy new year
cat xxxxx

i am sharing this hear to say thanks teddy talkers and to illustrate transferable skills - sounds like i am making my CV !

well we all know about pulled toes by now, but here i present - pulled teeth!!!!
(the middle row, not the fangs )

this is a wearable tiger head
i am very pleased with it ....

cat xxx

he looks cute riding his duck xxxx wow 1000 ! i need more fans too !

amazing expressive paws ! xxxx

wow, super work !

it can get too much can't it ? :-D

well, in an email they said just the soft toys, one for keeping at home, one for taking to book signings ...
they paid a good price for a handmade version from the uk, instead of 100 asian dolls/bears whcih they looked into ....
i really hope they are honorable
and i thank you for listening to me, its just a tiny worry ...
its amother son team and the son just came out of hosptital last night after giving him mum a kidney - she may get out on thursday and hasnt yet seen the finished umgums !
hugs
cat xxx

awww, thanks guys - i have some awesome fabrics to work with sometimes, cant pass up fabric or fabric shops .... glad you like it xxxx

karen, thanks for your input, i was asking for pointers for the next stage. i made these umgums from a book, and so yes, their copyright. i charged them one price for the first ones pattern making and creation, and then a lower price for the second (and any more that they then want)
we drew up our work then they changed the size so i asked for another drawing fee, and they paid it!
so i think i have been looking after myself so far !
my questions was about the next stage - if they come back to me and renegociate for buying the pattern.
ah
its so complicated making things for other people
but i find it very satisfying and love the challenge ....
cat xxxx

i am a bit of an odd ball, like to do different things like Lisa of QDpatooties
i started sewing when i was 6 and even sold a few things for £1 or so !!!

then sewed some small dogs in the late eighties and some simple bears and animals ....

became raggyrat lady in 1996, and still make a few ...
our lovely Wendy-Matilda found me on line and invited me here
and i thought, man i always wanted to make those fancy bears and so on ....
so i started dabbling and i have made a great many different things since  then, plus another daughter ! LOL

oh
i have been sewing a long time ....
cat xxxx

finished umphy the umgum!
well - two of him !!!

cat xxx