Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

She looks so precious and sweet and happy.  What a wonderful job you have done.  :clap:   :clap:

Hmm such wonderful possibilities.  Will see what I can come up with.  Anyway, who said a bear has to be brown?   

Can you dye mohair that is already coloured?  I have a piece of string which is a reddish brown - I assume I can only go darker therefore possibly a darker brown or black.  Is it possible?

Thanks for your replies - I can understand why they drift off into other things - I guess I just miss them.   

I think he is very sweet   

I have often wondered what happened to all of the artists that I "grew up" with through magazines like Bear Creations.  So many of them don't appear to be doing bear making any more, their websites are down or no longer exist.  I guess I am curious why someone with such a great talent just stops doing what they do best.  Or maybe they just get caught up in life  ?

Thank you all very much.  I have washed in Softly on a very gentle cycle and it didn't unravel and now it smells heavenly!!  Only problem I have left, and you may not be able to help, is that the rotten things have also done their business on my porcelain dolls.  I have thrown out their clothes and will make more but obviously I cannot wash the dolls.  Would anyone have any ideas apart from putting them in the sun?

We are having somewhat of a problem in Wagga Wagga, being a rather nasty mouse plague.  We have just come back from a two week holiday and as you can imagine (or not) the house was overrun and totally stinks.  Anyway we have cleaned what we could but I have just noticed the little  :twisted: demons have gotten into my mohair and have (how can I put this delicately) urinated on it and it stinks.  How can I clean it?  Can I wash and what should I use to get the stench out?  It was a very expensive piece so I really don't want to toss it.  Any suggestions???

Wow, so much to think about.  Thanks for the help.

This also happens to me.  I have sewed the nose bit by hand so it is straight.  How do you fix the stuffing bit if it is uneven??

http://www.kympattibears.com/shop/prod54.htm.  http://www.kympattibears.com/shop/prod454.htm

Kympatti have a few patterns available.

Precious and very pretty, wonderful job.

I like him, he's got a great face. :clap:

He's just great

How long did he take?  He's gorgeous

The cutest little poppet I've ever seen - you are very talented 

I am in awe!! I can almost see him breathing!!    

Thank you, you're sweet.

Me too please!

I found a really great place that has heaps of music boxes http://www.ceramicraft.com.au/products/ … ments.aspx so I ordered a small selection. 

I have decided to do a pattern by Monica Spicer for the baby
. 

What do you think?

Thanks guys, will try that and hope for the best! Appreciate your help.

Hi Katy, I tried one of those once and it was too hard (for me at least) to do properly.  I was just gonna put the little wind up one somewhere.  I was hoping you could maybe put it in the foot as I would like to dress the bear but not sure if that will work.

Hi all, my girlfriend has just had a baby girl after years of trying - I am so happy for her.  I want to make a bear for her (not for the baby to play with) and I want to have a music box in it.  I searched the index but couldn't find anything specific.  Does anyone have any recommendations, hints, tips about how/where I should put it.  Thanks.

They remind me of Beatrix Potter characters - they have the same cute expressions.

I think he is very lovely - love his big feet