Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Hello!
I´ve got one burning question that probably won´t be that easy to answer. Since I don´t have access to books, I´m basically self-taught..you know, trial and error:-)) and what I know I know from TT..(THANKS!!!!).
Anyway, I´m tempted to try and open mouth, but I don´t have a clue how to go about it and no literature to learn from. :-( I tried to order some, but you wouldn´t believe how hard it is to find at least ONE that I can get shipped over here.
So I´m asking you...any tips how to go about it? What do I need to vhange on the head pattern? What´s the best material for inside of the mouth and the tongue?
Thank you very very very much.
Magda

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Good job, James!!! :dance:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
The bear is great and you two look fantastic together. Both cute as can be.
Gemma, this is sooooo cool. When I have kids, I want to find the time to give them lots of precious memories - just like you do. I´m pretty sure James will love and cherish his little friend forever.
I remember when my Mom made a sheep for me. It was machone sewn, on all fours, all white..simply great. Except I´ve always been a dog lover, so to me it was a big white sheep dog:-) And no matter how many times they told me it was a SHEEP, it stayed a DOG. :-))

P.S. Gemma, you´ve got some serious competition now?:-)

Hello everybody!
my favorite time of the year is finally here. Yipeeee!!! The golden leaves, morning chills and long hours of chatting or just reading over a nice warm cup of tea... (preferably earl grey w milk:-))
And I´m glad I have created such a wonderful companion for those long misty evenings...at least until he decides to go please somebody else:-))
Warm bear hugs!
Magda

Hello!
This is my bear for the Euro Teddy competition. I´ll be in the beginners category, so I hope he´ll represent me and my country well:-) (I suppose I´ll be the only Czech there)
How do you guys like him? By theway..his name´s Florian..:-)
Magda

Hello or shalom!
This is my brand new bear. I started her the day my beloved uncle from Jerusalem died. It was so unexpected that I still can´t believe he´s really gone. So I made this bear to honor the Jewish in me and to honor him that way, too. Hope you like it. 

thank you guys!
Kathleen, I can see you´reinto terriers as much as I am:-)

This is one of my first bears ever...hmmm..not that long ago:-) I´d say early January. I just knew I wanted to make a teddy, but I didn´t know how:-) So I made this pattern and tried it myself.

2006.

Then I searched the net hoping to find patterns - I found a lot of free ones and with them, I was able to get a lil know-how. Those two are my late January - early February creations:-)) They´re made after my sister friends Doubravka and Daniela and they bear their names.Here they are.

And this is my very last bear I finished today - Jackfrost:-) Not much of a change, but practice makes prefect.

Hello beary people! This is my new bear Jackfrost. He´s wearing an antique piece of lace around his neck and he made me look forward to the winter:-)) Hugs to all of you!
Magda

That´s the one with my bear Vilda (Willie). It was taken at my granparents´place.

Thanks:-) Here are some pics to illustrate the family resemblance:-) the first is me in balc and white when I was about 4 and the other is from right around my 5th birthday.]

Hello!
This is quite an old teddy memory - the picture is of my Mom with her favorite Teddy called Nogrowl. He used to be my Grandma´s only teddy and when my Mom got him, he´d already lost his voice - that´s why he got his name.