Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

I can't believe he is crocheted Soo cute!

Thank you Jane, Melisa and Sue It was a lot of work preparing for this show, and the first time I've had to make anything in bulk: I don't think I've made this many sloths in a YEAR before, let alone three months! I'm in awe of people who do this al the time...

Congrats everyone

Congrats! Looking forward to photos

Awww, her head is so big Hope she does well!

Thank you Richard and Katy I love Somber and Tully too, they've definitely had a lot of comments so far Hopefully that'll mean good luck for them on Sunday!

Thank you Sorry you won't be there!

Wow, so many! They all look cute, can't wait to see your table in person

Thank you for your comments Can't wait to meet you both: we can stand in a corner and cry with nerves together!

Hi everyone :)

Just uploading my Hugglets photos! Here's all the sloths that are coming with me on Sunday, I leave tomorrow so the update is tonight I'm afraid!

From the top left they are:

Scraps, an 11" scruffy female, Wishel, a fluffy 14" male, Somber, a sad little 11" boy.
Tully Applebottom, a 13" boy who's going to be the centre piece of the table: he's a gnome! Then there's Blush, who you may recognise if you've been following me for a while, and Hobo, a 12" scruffy sweetie.
Bert, the boy with the new body sitting at a solid 14", Saffron the clown (11" of fun!) and of course Leo who you've also met before (he's 13").

Finally, here's Bert, Saffron and Tully's full body shots: you may have spotted something new for Je Suis Lugly in Berts' design! Tully has got a fish pond and two fish too, he's going to be the centrepiece and I love him I hope I can enter him in some competitions! There's also a shot of Saffron in all his glory, hopefully he'll find a new home too.

Thanks for looking :)

Chloe xx

PS Thank you Teddy Talk, without you I would never have had the skills to have been invited to Hugglets... I am grateful to everyone who's shared knowledge with me over the last four years. We see so far because we stand on the shoulders of giants  :rose:

Is she one of the Russian girls from a few seasons ago? Poor thing...

Thank you Are you coming all the way to the show?

Here's a few faces I'll have better photos soon, the waeather here is DREADFUL for photos...

Clockwise from top left: Somber, Bert, Leo and Scraps.

Thank you!

Sorry it's just a tease but the gang hasn't had their official photoshoot yet! I'll add new preview photos during the week These are some of the plan sketches I did before I made the sloths shown here, they're part of the new certificates I'm designing for each sloth/bear. Hopefully they still look cute to you all, sorry if this isn't the best place for them (I wasn't sure as it's a sketch, but there weren't any similar posts to go on...)

More later this week, can't believe in seven days it'll all be over!

Chloe.

Trading

TT name: Pumpkin & Pickle Bears
Real name: Gemma
Business: Pumpkin & Pickle Bears
Hall/Stand: Hall 4, stand 129.

TT name: All Bear
Real name: Paula
Business: All Bear by Paula Carter
Hall/Stand: Hall 2, stand 75

TT name: Doodlebears
Real name: Jane (Martin)
Business: Doodlebears, by Jane Lynne Martin
Hall/Stand: Hall 4, stand 119

TT name:Natascha
Real name:Natascha Sabo
Business:LeftyBears by Natascha Sabo
Hall/Stand:Hall1, stand 48

TT name: Pijangibears
Real name: Birgitte
Business: Pijangibears
Hall/Stand: Hall 4, stand 144

TT name:Tina
Real name:Tina Underwood
Business:Remem-bear, incorporating my Bears of Old and pReTTy iN pRiM ranges
Hall/Stand:Hall 3 (in the basement) stand 99a

TT name Cheshire Cat
Real name Louise Peers
Buisness  Louise Peers miniature bears
Hall /Stand Hall 1 stand 50

TT name : peterbear
Real name : Peter Masscharis
(how to recognize me: I'll be wearing a TT badge !)

TT name:  Jac-Q-Lyn
Real name: Jacqui Ellerton
Business:  Jac-Q-Lyn Bears
Hall/Stand :  Hall 3 (Basement) Stand 112

TT name:  Barling Bears
Real name: Marilyn Lambert
Business: Barling Bears
Hall/Stand :  Hall 1  Stand 51

TT name: Lovethosebears
Real Name: Ali Perrin
(Wearing a TT badge too!)

TT name:  Katie Rae Bears
Real name: Katherine Hallam
Business: Katie Rae Bears
Hall/Stand : Hall 3/ Stand 139

TT name: Jack & Lilia
Real name: Lynne Farmer
Business: Jack & Lilia little bears
Hall 4 Stand 141

TT name: Emma Stephens
Real Name: Emma Stephens

TT name: ladyjujuann
Real name: Julie Fellows
Business: Pearl Button Bears
Hall 3 Stand 100

TT name: gantaeno
Real name: Chloe
Business: Je Suis Lugly!
Hall 4 table 146

Eeep! So excited!

Hiya,

Just a quick note on the blood pee comment: I'd take your cat to the vet and ask them to check if his urine is crystalising: we had this problem with Winnie. Basically crystals formed in his bladder (it's common in older spayed males) and they blocked his ureter, causing him a lot of pain and then uncontrollable peeing when the build up became too much. We rushed him to the vets and were told it's potentially life threatening, but a few dietary changes fixed it: definitely work taking him to the vets and asking!

Hiya Tami I'm no airbrush expert as you know, but the shop I work at has Schminke airbrush inks and there's a white opaque that you can mix: there's also an additive for using it on fabric. Not sure how much use I'm being, but thought I'd let you know that that range has a fabric additive too

Thank you Cat You should come!

Hi,

recently I made a bear with next to no seam at the front of his arms by patttern draping: I made a clay replica of the limb and then used tissue paper to work out the necessary dart locations Maybe that would help you make your ideal arm? Don't forget to reinforce the seam if you'll be putting a joint through it though!

Just wanted to add, I cut strips of ultrasuede for my Sloth eyelids :)

Very cute Dawn! his nose is so big: he'll to grow into it I think

Thanks so much Krista! I hope all my others turn out as well as he did: I was struggling with his face for ages and then I tried a different mouth and suddenly Leo was good looking again

You're a sweetheart to say that, you can stand by my stall all day if you like! 

I spy sloths! Lots of two toed ones at least I'm loving the baby ostrich actually 

Lol, you guys would have spoilt my surprise if I wasn't so excited I've added him to my avatar I guess that's one less for the September previews!  Thanks for complimenting him, makes me feel like I might fit in a bit better amongst all the amazing artists at Hugglets each year 

Awww thanks, you're a sweet heart for saying that    I am trying to work on Hugglets sloths at the moment and it makes me want to curl up and sleep forever! I can't want to see more of your bears though: when I first joined here and started to learn your bears are pretty much exactly how I dreamed mine would be (Sadly I then discovered I can only make gormless looking freeks.... ah well, I still love 'em!)