Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Hi everyone! I was just reading this topic and still being a newbie I have to confess I have no idea what a "dart" is... can anyone please explain this term? Thanks!!!! 

i'm in awe of how small he is yet all the little details! you did a great job ! 

wow amazing!!     

i love his eyes! great job on the props too!   

awww!!! so cute!!!! 

very cute! he looks so soft and fuzzy : )

very beautiful 

Once you've applied the fray check do you just let it sit and dry or does it require heat (like a blow dryer) to work?? Thank you all for your help!  :hug:

WOW!! He looks just like a real bear!!! 

Thank you Ali  I will look into this more!

So finally AP exams are over and theres only about two weeks left of school, yeah!    . finally I can get concentrated on making some bears! But I have a few questions I've been wondering for a while and hope I can find some answers here  . My first question was I've seen a lot of bears with "micro beads" in them and weights, I think it'd be an interesting texture to add to my bears, but im worried that the beads might leak out?! Perhaps this is a silly question, but do you guys sew some sort of bag and put it in the bear or do you just dump the beads straight in there like you would with polyfil? My other question was if you have fabric that the ends are fraying how do you use fray check..? The bottle I purchased didn't really have any instructions on it... I'd assume you could just take a paint brush and brush it on the ends, is this correct? Will it make the fabric stiff, and if so is this hard to sew then? Thank you so much!   

FIMO clay works great for big noses, pretty much any michaels sells this. After your done sculpting it you can apply a layer of nail polish to give it that wet shiny look, its tons of fun   

awww how cute!!!

awww that is the cutest face I have ever seen!!! love the brown eyes!! 

awww how cute!!!    you did a great job!! 

wubbie bear, also thought I should add that clay is super fun to work with, and you can create all kinds of different textures!

you could always try clay?

I definetly prefer doing clay noses, to me they look more realistic and you can always use nail polish to paint over the clay after its been baked to give it a wet look 

Ariane * sorry my spell check is silly

Thank you Peter and Pauline for the kind comments :). Arians that would
be very fun , I love your little avatar bear

Thank you Joanne  , the tutorials on your website helped me so much and gave me many great ideas!
Ariane, Hans is 8 inches, and Little Brownie is 6 inches. I decided to try making some larger bears so I could work on my technique and i figure once i get better i can try making them small again. Heres a size comparison from one of my first bears 

thank you all!   

Bravo!! 

thank you 

Thanks Becky!!