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Love the color! Very Easter-y!!!
Just wanted to share a tip I learned from the Teddy Bear Scene magazine - November 2005 issue which featured a Gregory Gyllenship bear pattern. He mentions cutting out the leg pieces so that the bias edge is along the bottom where the foot pad will be sewn in. This allows stretch for sewing in that difficult pad piece. I have purchased a lot of patterns and his is the first that shows not only fur direction arrows, but also a weave grid. He says "It has to sometimes be a compromise between stretch and ideal pile direction............... Fit the paw pad using the markers at the toe and heel as reference and easing in the rest of the pad - this is easier if you make sure that the bias of the cloth is chosen so that it stretches along the bottom." This was something I had never taken into consideration before, but it sure makes sewing in the foot pad much easier with that little bit of stretch to help!
Gregory Gyllenship also does absolutely perfect noses and he mentions in the article that he always makes sure the weave is square across the end of the snout on the head gusset to help sew a straight nose.
Hope this information helps some of you out there!!!!! :dance:
