Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Hi Claudia,

thanks for your very kind offer.
I have found the complete joints I was looking for already, in one of the online shops Ali mentioned, and am eagerly waiting for them to arrive lol

Hugs, Ariane

Wow, great
:clap:  Wel done, really - love the little accessories

Hugs, Ariane

Very interesting.

I like your normal bears better because you have this particular style - but this one is surely cute, too"!

Now, that's a great idea!
I don't have the chance to go to Huggles - but anywa,y I love the idea!

Eva, just found some other place where you can buy black tibetan mohair for a very reasonable price:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52285122/do … id_5039698

Hope you read this though...
I'll send you a pm, just in case you don't take another peek into this thread

Hugs, Ariane

Oh yes please, show us some pictures! I'd love to see how it looks in your style!

I have finished my trapunto pawpads and am now waiting to continue the bear.

Awww, sweet.
what a difference! normally, you put colored (cotton)fabric onto her paws/foot pads, don't you?

Yes, that sounds pretty reasonable. In the meantime, I make another of their free courses, and am curious to see how this one turns out

Thanks Katy,

as they are on holidays atm, I bought my supplies at another store, but I'll surely buy from Pro Bears in the future

Hugs, Ariane

Oh my gosh, I totally love the look of the first one, his face is so gorgeous!

Hugs, Ariane

:clap:
great, they look adorable!

Awww
Your bears are always so colorful, great!

You could also try to take a look at other bears similar to what you have created (refering to the materials, the heigth etc) and what they cost..

You're right, it is pretty interesting - there are lots of different ways to make those things, and it is great to see how other artists make this, too.

I'm not sure if I'll take the advanced course, 60$ are pretty much for me... We'll see how it goes^^

Hi all,

I took a look at Intercall yesterday already, but all I've seen were packs of 100 disks - surely good for anyone doing more bigger bears, but not what I looked for.

I also took a look at Edinburgh before, but was confused by the Inch measurements and couldn't convert them into the mm measurements I was looking for; well, I had another look right now and noticed that there were in fact the mm measurements, but just at the 100 disk packs    Yeah, it was late when I browsed through the net..lol

Probear was one of the suppliers listed on Ebearz, but they are having holidays until the 16th so I'm not sure if I should wait that long.... I probably could as they should ship faster than an English/American business can....

Ali, thanks for reminding me of those two shops, I have them in my favorite shops folder as I bought from them already, but it didn't occur to me to take a look there, too  :crackup:

Thank you all for your help, it is very much appreciated.

Hugs, Ariane

So, I'm taking the Basic Bear Boot Camp at Ebearz and after having sewn everything I'm facing the problem of Joints.

My Bears are normally smaller and I don't have problems using a string joint on them, but the bear I'm making requires 45mm and 55mm Joints. Well, I had a look at some websites mentioned in the "Supplies" Part of Ebearz, found one located in Australia that had fiberboard disks for a pretty reasonable price and some other stuff I could have used at a very cheap price - but then at checkout they wanted to charge me like 25$ for the shipping which isn't at all acceptable for me. 

My question is: Does anybody know of a website that does sell Joints (mainly the disks are what I can't find) for a reasonable price where the shipping to Germany wouldn't cost me a fortune? I don't need to buy in bulk, I won't make too much more bears that big anymore, I only need 3  45mm joints (= 6 disks) and 2  55mm joints (=4 disks)....

Even a website where I could buy a pack of 10 disks would be good as I plan to try my hands at the "Goldie" Pattern, too and would need 6  40cm disks and 4  45cm disks for this one, too

Hope anybody can help me. 

Big hugs, Ariane

Hm..
I would be worried that the hair gel affects the mohair..
Can you use any type of hair gel or are there certain types you shouldn't use because of some substances in them?

Maybe you should upload them on photobucket.com or something like this and post a link? I'm sure there are lots of TTer's who would be glad to help

Hugs, Ariane

Hm..
Interesting point of view..  :crackup:
I hadn't thought about something similar to this.
Let's pretend, this little cutey has been brought everywhere by her mother and hadn't the need to use her own feet on the ground lol

what a heartwarming story! I'm glad you rescued her!

Hugs, Ariane

Well, as I use some sparse mohair it doesn't make a very big difference..but I wanted to have some opinions first lol For future Trapunto toes for example

Thanks for the opinion.
I figured I should try it like this, too, as it forms a smoother line with the heel part of the leg (if that makes sense?)

Hugs, Ariane

I've searched the library for an answer to my question already and have had a look at photos of bears with trapunto toes, but haven't found what I was looking for, so I'm posting my question here:

I'm doing the bear for the Basic bear boot camp atm and wanted to try some trapunto toes (as my smaller ones are too small for something like this; and I won't make much more bears that high) with the normal part of the footpad made out of mohair (I'm using a sparse pink mohair) and the trapunto part out of some micro plush from Sassy fabrics.
I'm wondering now.... should the fur run down the foot or up to the toes? I've seen bears with both, which one looks best in your opinion?

Thanks for your help!  :hug:

Hugs, Ariane

sweet, love the accessories

Hope you find something that suits the doll you wanna make^^