Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Wow, I'm just back from my holidays and read that wonderful idea  :dance:

It's a lot of work - poor guy 

I've just downloaded the form and will try to send you a pic 

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They are wonderful - so cute bears 

My favourite one is Ariana - she is sooooooooooooooooooooooo sweet   

I wish you much success for your show -I'm sure you will have 

What a wonderful and handsome bear - I'm smelting 

The mohair is great -but the eyes are perfect in combination with the fabric.
You make wonderful open mouthes - they look so friendly and warm - I love them 

I like Ryan very much 

It's really difficult to make a good pic of  a  black teddy 
But you did it well 

We  have so much phantasy that we can imagine the rest we can't see 

Oh what a cute teddy 

He looks at me as he wants to say: help me, take me home and love me   

Hallo Celena 

I love your sweet cute teddy 

The fabric is wonderful. What do you think about Cherry ? 

You are so kind and I'm very happy that you like my bears   

Thank you very much for your nice comments   

Hello Stephanie 

Your newest teddies are soooooooooo cute 

My favourite one is Lil. Did you make her of the frosted lavender fabric ?

She looks so charming with her little bell 

    I'm blonde but love this joke very much 

Hello Jane 

Jeremiah looks very charming 

His feet are great and his eyes - wonderful 

Hello Wendy 

I think the most artists of photography work with Photoshop by Adobe, it's a huge software but unfortunately very expensive 

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/  But it's possible to get a 30 day trial version.

But a lot of time is necessary to learn it - I work with Photoshop and love it.
If you are interested try to get an older version eg 6.0 an than you buy the update - it's cheaper than to buy the newest full version.  Have a look at ebay for an older one. I bought 6.0 3 years ago for Eur 60,00

If you have a question - I will help you when I'm able - because I don't know everything about it 

You asked for some of my teddies, because I'm a new member here 

So I'll show you some of my latest projects:

First my baby bears Benny and Lisa. They both are made of German Schulte ratinéé Mohair. Benny and Lisa are 35 cm = 14" tall.

Benny has big feet and is filled with rubber perls, so you can cuddle him very well:

This is his sister Lisa with sculpted feet:

Now Rainbow, he is made of an Australian Microfiber Plush by beary cheap. I'm very proud of him, because Beary cheap asked me to sell the pattern and the kit of Rainbow - because in English language 
Rainbow is 9,85 " tall and has quilted paws.

This is curly sue made of a wonderful German Schulte Mohair curly:

Lat not least my latest bear: Master of Desaster 
He is made of Sassy lp frosted light brown and is double neck jointed 
I gave him special eyes: White glass eyes with a black pupil. He is 6,69 " tall when his legs are on the ground. In the position of the pic only 3,94 ". It was hard work to make such a small double neck and the feet with the small toes 

That's the reason why he is named Master of Desaster 

Hope ist wonderful -I love to work with Alpaka too 

How tall is she ? I think Hope is wonderful guardian angel.
The color is wonderful. Yes, you should make some more Hope - the world need them 

I like them both 

What a wonderful idea to place them in a little basket - the ideal home for such cute teddies 

What a lovely cute bear 

I like the blue fabric very much.  And the painted feet are great 

I always laminate my patterns with a hot laminate machine.
First I laminate the pattern and than I cut the pieces. That's the best way to use the pattern more than one time - I think.

Because I only work with my own patterns, I make them in Corel Draw  - it's a vector graphics software.
When I habe been finished the pattern I always burn the cdr-file on a disk and to be safe I host the file at my webspace in a safe folder. So have the chance to upload the file if necessary 

What a wonderful nose  :clap:

I love big noses too and do them in this way:

I make three templates of felt: The first one in the size of the finished nose, the second one a little smaller than the first one and the third smaller than the second one.
After this, I sew them to the place, where the nose looks best and begin to stitch the nose with pearl thread no. 8 in 5 or more layers. At the end I use wax to finish the nose 

What about traveller cheques ? They are very common in Europe.
The buyer has to pay them at the bank and could send them to you.

But I don't believe Paypal problems. I think there isn't money at the account