Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Oh this looks perfect!!! Thank you so very, very much! I'll make sure she gets this...I might even tackle one myself! ♥
Thanks...
~Ginger

Hi all! I have a good friend who just purchased the whole series of Winnie the Pooh books for her twin granddaughters & she was thinking it would be nice to make them each a Pooh for Xmas. She asked me if I could recommend a good pattern & after exhausting the internet, I couldn't find anything really nice. The bears won't be 'played with' as both girls are now 6 but I would love to be able to give her a lead to getting a good pattern. Does anyone here design & sell Pooh patterns? Or do you know of a company or person who does? I would so appreciate any help coming...
Thanks so much for any help you can lend...
~Ginger~

Aaah, I just found this post & while I'm not doing shading, or using an airgun, I do need some suggestions from expert mohair painters!

I am a bear creator but am making a grey & white kitty for our vet for Xmas. It hopefully will look like my cat Spencer when I'm done & the pattern I'll be using is not large. I've managed to do the 'socks' & the white tummy but the face is going to be a bear...ooops! 'Scuse the pun...this is a cat...Spencer! Spencer has a white snout but he had a very distinct, narrow white strike up between his eyes that if I don't do it, it misses looking like him altogether. I've tried cutting test fabric using the pattern piece but by the time I get the seams done it's very clumpy. And that's just using cotton! It would not only be hard to sew with mohair but also very clumpy!

So my solution, I was thinking of using a bit of fabric paint & painting the stripe, but it will need to have good coverage over the grey mohair?
If anyone has any tips on a good fabric paint that would give me what I need...or any other ideas on how I could get the strike up his face, I'd be very happy right now!

Thanks for reading...
~Ginger~

Wow! I came here tonight to ask about tight/not so tight joints & immediately got my answer...I think. I've been getting some tight enough, but some very loose & tho' I thought I was doing everything identical, apparently I'm not. The bear I just finished has very loose legs yet her head & arms are fine...? I got my husband to tighten the leg joints because he has strong hands. Or at least that was my thinking. Perhaps I should have done all five joints myself? I'm using hardboard disks & cotter pins & I also use needle nose pliers. I sure would appreciate any other tips you can give me to assure a good tight joint?
Thanks in advance
~Ginger~