Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Oh what a pity!, my name isn´t Lacie.... I would be very glad abaout this beautiful present! Teddy girl looks wonderful, a dream of a bear!

WoW, Paula, what a beautiful face! The whole bear is absolutely lovely and wonderful! I like him very much! Great colours of the mohair  :clap:

Hi Gaby,

no you are not at all  !
I like your halloween avatar very much, looks great! For things which are really important to us it can never be to early! Enjoy your time  :clap:

Hi Gaby,

ohhhh what a beautiful present for your Mum! I´m sure she loves the wonderful Johnny B.!
I admire you for working with the black mohair! For me it´soooo difficult to sew the black ones, but your result is adorable! Very well done 

Thank you sooo much, Vicki  :hug:

Thank you so much Jo and Gaby,

I am happy that you like my little Emma 

WOW, what a great swap!

George is a perfect done dog, he looks as he would start to bark!
Wonderful 

Hi Marion,

oh lovely to have you in Germany 

Lukas looks really lovely and he is a very international bear! Love him 

Hello  ,

this is little Emma, she is 5 inches tall and made from self dyed alpaca.

In her face I tried experimenting with airbrushing techniques for the first time, well I’m not really get used to it! There is still some exercising necessary!

Hope you like her , she was a present for my Mum!

Poor little bunny, he had to wait so long to be born at last 
But now he is a sweet bunny, I like him very much, especially his big ears and his airbrushed nose 

Hi Charlotte,

thank you so much for the link! I have just visited your little workshop, great job! It´s very interesting for me because I just have startet to needel felt  :clap:

Hi Marion,

WOW I am sure, this bear will be a great surprise for your brother! Really a nice idea! I love his face and his outfit!

:clap: WOW, a really great dragonfly-bear! She is soo little and sooooo sweet! Really you are a mini-artist

Hi Vicki,

some days ago I saw your sweet little bears in the latest issue from Teddy Bear Club International for the first time- AND - I felt in love immediately! Now I am very happy to see your newest creation here at TT! This little bear looks great  ! I wish him a good new family where he will be loved so much - he earns a good home!

Hi ConnieB,

great great great! I love both of your bears! I like the colours from the larger bear very much!
Both of them have sweet wonderful faces  !
Fortunately you could finish the smaller bear with his leg! I know this situation, too 

WOW!!!!! Nearly I would have overlooked this wonderful cat! Judi, you have done a great job! This cat ist absolutely perfect!

Ohhhh Nestor looks really sweet! I like him very much! His jacket is great! A wonderful little "old" bear 

Thank you so much for all the beautiful photos  !!!!

I first design the body, then I measure out the legs and the arms, at last I design the side heads and the head gusset.
But I have always the problem that my bear´s tummies are to small for the head 

Hi Carola,

what a great panda bear, I like him very much! Especially the face looks great!
A few weeks ago, in Austria was born a little panda baby, so sweet! I musted think of when I saw your lovely bear 
Good luck for the Show!

Samantha, I love your bears, they have such a lovely face!
What a pity that I cannot come to Hugglets, I would certainly adopt one of your sweet little miniatures  :clap:

Why don´t you come to Euroteddy in Essen! It´s just a stone's throw away from London   

I agree with you! I also would like to go to Hugglets, too!

I wish all of you a very nice and beary day! I am looking forward to lots of photos 

Thank you so much for the great tips! You are great  :hug:

Yes now I have ideas how to handle with the chin seam!!!

Beary hugs 

Hi Shelli,

thank you for your fast reply with all the details! I like your tricks pretty much especially this one with the pattern. I think you are right, I will try to design my next pattern with a more rounded muzzle.
Ok, I realize that I must stuff even harder than I do for the moment and especially I give a look to the nooks. Thank you so much!

I try to explain my question about the chin seam in other words. When the head is turned and I begin  to stuff, the inner seam allowance along the chin (I mean the seam from the top of the nose to the front neck opening, where the septum will be later) lie down either on the left or on the right side, but it doesn’t lie folded separated in the middle. So when I stuff, there will be nasty holes because the seam allowance doesn’t lie even.
I mean that correctly the seam from the left side head should lie on the left side, the same with the right seam??? But I don’t know how to do this way?

Do you know my problem? Please let me know when I didn´t explain it in the correct way.

When you have any idea I´m looking forward to your answer!

Beary Hugs!

I have read a lot of the topics about stuffing the head, but there is still a "bear-making-secret" I didn´t manage to solve.

OK, the head - especially the nose part - has to be stuffed very firmly to embroider a nice nose later.
BUT: How do you stuff the nose part firmly? When I put the stuffing wool into the top of the muzzle/ nose, I find that the nose risks to become very pointed like a mouse nose.

And do you know a trick to stuff the cheeks looking really puffy and well-balanced?

Last question (I´m a real nuisance - sorry  ): How do you handle with the seam allowance along the chin seam? In my bear heads it doesn´t lie even, so stuffing the head arises sometimes nasty holes.

I would be very glad if you would share your tricks with me! And please apologize my questions when there was already some tricks written in TT which I didn´ta found.....

Thank you so much and a beary hug  :hug: !