Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Hi, I'm new to this site, found it on Pinterest when I was looking for ideas on "hairless" bears.  In answer to your question, I make bears from rescued vintage quilts and have done several memory heirloom bears.  Old quilts are a great medium.  I got started doing quilted bears years ago in the 70s when a man who sold quilts at antique fairs approached me to make some bears from his quilt remnants that he couldn't sell.  He wanted them without faces for a more primitive look.  Those bears helped me put food on the table in a real time of need.  I got away from it for years but recently got back into making the hairless bears after making fur and mohair bears for so long.  I've got some vintage wool blankets that I recently acquired at a local thrift shop that will eventually end up being bears.  I also recently made a "hairless bear" out of an old wool coat.  I'm including pictures of one of my quilted bears and my wool bear.

"Prissy" A Bear Made From A Rescued 1930s Quilt

"Tobias" A Bear Made From A Vintage Wool Coat