Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Thanks Pauline! That's certainly not far from me! Alas, I'm working on the 26th of March! Pooey! 

Thanks for the suggestions! Huge thanks to Julia for the offer of the copy of the mag as well as the other book! Bless your cottons! I owe you a drink or some chincilla stuff honey 

I live in North Yorkshire, so any local to me would be great! I'll do a google search and see what comes up, but felt I'd prefer to know from the experts! 

I see there's a thread currently about the Hugglets show this weekend (gutted I can't make it... it's my birthday weekend too! booo hooo!!!  ), but I wondered if anybody knew of any other teddy bear shows in the UK? I'd particularly be interested in any shows that sell supplies/materials/patterns and kits, as well as completed bears, as sometimes it would be nice to see and feel exactly what I'm buying, rather than doing it all over the net.

Any advice people please!?! Thanks !

Thanks for all the advice so far all!

Afraid we won't be going to MEM hon, but I'm happy to cover the postage costs if you wouldn't mind posting it to me please?!

I'm new to all this, and apart from a couple of recommendations I've had from a friend (hellooooo Julia), I wonder if people could advise me of good places I can buy supplies online please? Particularly UK based, but I'm happy to buy elsewhere if necessary. I'm keen to find some different patterns, I particularly like bears with HUGE feet and cute little fuzzy faces!

I've got no idea what prices things should be, so I don't know what I should be expecting to spend really. I've just bought some synthetic fur to have a go, to see if it's ok to work with, but know mohair is really the way to go.

I also wondered if people could recommend some good books for learning, reference and inspiration please?

Sorry if all this kind of stuff has been asked before, or even if I'm in the wrong place! I looked about but couldn't find anything so far...

thanks in advance

Teri x