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ToyboxArts Posts: 61

I guess this has to do with the size of the washers, as well as how much you stuff... I like my bears to be floppy so I stuff quite loosely, which means you can feel the joints. But I use slightly smaller washers so they won't protrude.. The old bears I've felt have quite large washers and they can definitely be felt too --- so I was wondering, how much can yours be felt and do you try to make them disappear in the stuffing or no?

Carlyle Bear Co. Carlyle Bear Co.
Ft Myers FL
Posts: 492

I'm a firm stuffer so you can't feel the joints in my bears at all.  Unless I have used the incorrect size for a bear and then you can feel them.

rowarrior The Littlest Thistle
Glasgow
Posts: 6,212

I'm a firm stuffer too, although I do use plastic beads at times.  You can feel them a little bit, but not much, mainly because I lightly cover them with polyfill first

millie PottersHouse Bears
Ohio
Posts: 2,173

When I make my floppy "old bears", I use cotter pins.  This does not leave much in the joint to be felt.  Even though you don't get as tight of a joint, it doesn't really matter if I want the bear to be floppy.

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