Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

I think it would be kind of hard to make it in one piece - any reason why you can't just cut two circles of felt, cut another smaller circle the size to fit the bears head out of the centre of one and then sew both circles together around the outside and turn the seam to the inside and pull it on the bear's head at a jaunty angle. If it is for a larger bear you could sew a narrow band (folded in half) around the head size circle to give a more finished edge. (If it is for a miniature bear this would be harder to do and might add too much bulk).

Just the sweetest!

Adorable!

Very cute, Shane! Love his nose and matching knit scarf and hat!

Here are a few pics from my bear collection.

Stearnsy bears are made by Sally and Jim Stearns of Stotts City, MO. There are a couple of pages on them in Linda Mullins first book on bear artists (Tribute to Teddy Bear Artists). Says they started making bears in 1981 - no idea if they are still making bears or not????

This is little "Annalia", 3.25" tall, fully jointed, black bead eyes with white embroidered accents, face shading, wearing a lace dress with a heart pendant around her neck. She is available on Bear Pile.

Thanks, Susan! I really appreciate your comments.

Warren is a miniature rabbit about 3.5" tall, made of a very soft light beige vintage pile fabric, polyfil stuffed, ultrasuede foot pads, black bead eyes with white embroidered accents,face shading, stitched mouth, eyebrows, claws, wired ears, and a silk ribbon around his neck. He is available on Bear Pile

What a cutie!

Wonderful job, Susan - I love his face!

Elvin is a mini elephant just 2" tall, fully jointed, black bead eyes, face shading, polyfil stuffed. Now available on Bear Pile.

I was so pleased with my first little teddy and puppet that I just had to make another one - Little "Oliver" and his puppet "Ole".
Oliver is just 3 1/2" tall, made of a soft off-white mini bear fabric. He is fully jointed, polyfil stuffed, ultrasuede foot pads, black bead eyes with embroidered accents, stitched nose, mouth, claws, and eyebrows, waxed nose, wired arms, and face shading. He holds his little bear puppet, Ole, (sewn to his paw so he doesn't get lost. Ole is made of velour with black bead eyes.

Just listed this little miniature bear "Charlie", 4" tall, with his puppet "Chuck", on ebay. Charlie is made of a light rust colored vintage rayon pile, fully jointed, polyfil stuffed, ultrasuede foot pads, stitched nose, mouth, claws, and eyebrows, black bead eyes with white embroidery accents, face shading, wired arms. He holds his little bear puppet (sewn to his right paw - so he won't get lost!) made of light beige velour

Tiny Lou is a miniature bear is just 2 1/8" tall, made of a pale mauve mini bear fabric, fully jointed, polyfil stuffed with weighted feet for standing, ultrasuede foot pads, black bead eyes with white embroidered accents, stitched nose, mouth, and eyebrows. She wears a white lace dress with embroidered accents and a silk ribbon bow on her head. Her skipping rope of stiffened cord  is attached to her hands.

Little "Pria" is about 2 3/4" tall, made of pale mauve mini bear fabric, fully jointed, ultrasuede foot pads, polyfil stuffed, black bead eyes with white embroidered accents, stitched and waxed nose, stitched claws, mouth and eyebrows. She is dressed in a darker mauve lace dress with embroidery trim and a matching rosette by her ear.
She is for sale on Bear Pile.

That's great, Beth! Congratulations!

Thanks Sheree! She is made of a vintage rayon pile fabric - nice to work with.

Little Chelsie is a miniature bear, 4" tall, fully jointed, polyfil stuffed, ultrasuede foot pads, black bead eyes with embroidered accents, face shading, stitched nose, mouth, eyebrows, and claws. She is wearing a hand crocheted dress with braid trim and matching braid hair ornament by her ear. Clothing is not removeable.

"The Golden Toby" ?????  :crackup:

I figured this would happen, but am a bit disappointed as I haven't entered the awards for a while now and thought I would try the GT's this year after missing the Toby deadline.

I have just put little Tomas on Bear Pile. He is 2.75" tall, made of a vintage rayon pile, fully jointed and wearing a silk ribbon and jingle bell.

Lynn, that is just horrible that they would do that to you - and to not pay you for sales you made prior to the merger is just so wrong! Shame on them! I really do hope there is something so much better waiting for you. Best wishes and good luck in the future.

Hi Sheree,
Yes, I am the one who made that bear set pictured in Nancy's book. That was my first one and since then I have done many more and some of them have had different animal heads and accessories. I have used snap fasteners on all of the ones I have done so far but have also thought that the rare earth magnets would work really well too. I am a doll collector so got the idea from seeing sets of dolls with interchangeable heads. They are a lot of fun and as you said, making the head is the most fun part! Here's a picture of another one I did in a smaller size - I think this one was about 3" tall.

Thanks, Francy! Always so nice to hear positive comments!

This miniature bear is 3.75" tall, made of light gold vintage rayon pile fabric, fully jointed, ultrasuede foot pads, black bead eyes with embroidered accents, face shading. His feet are weighted to stand and he holds his hobby horse. Horse head is made of mini bear fabric with a mohair mane and chenille yarn bridle.
I will be listing him on Bear Pile sometime in the next few days. Price is $120.00