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This is really interesting, I would never have thought about completely finishing a head, face and all, before doing the body, but in many ways it makes sense. I do mine pretty much like Terrie's method, and I do trim the fur in the seam allowances and just enough off the muzzle to allow easier stitching prior to sewing the bear together. When I'm ready to work on the face, I trim the fur before, during and after needle sculpting, embroidering the nose, setting the eyes, and shading. I use the old scissor-and-comb method (finer-toothed end of the comb gives slightly shorter cut, etc). I'm always paranoid that I'll take off more than I want to, the phrase "this bear's hair will never grow out if you cut it too short" keeps going through my mind. (sigh) That's just one of the reasons why it takes me so long to complete each bear.
Karen Cwayna ~ Hannabears
I am new here and to making teddy's but have clipped one to short near the eyes and he suddenly need eye brows - necessity the mother of invention. He's cute now, where before I was scratching my head to find something to make that face cuter and then that happened and he sat for a day or two with my staring at him. Poof and I laughed the whole time as I sewed the on. Hope this is helpful to someone. =o)
