Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

hi would be great to see you there.......moving to france lucky you............ i have no idea what i am supposed to be doing for fair lol like how many bears should i have   do i price them..... oh well better get sewing just finished another working round the clock lol i will post some pics this week in groups of whats coming with me no more ebay for a while....................              well at least i will stay of computer a bit now anyway

thankyou i am glad you like him and i am looking forward to the show now having fun preparing .....x

hI WELCOME TO MY 1ST BEAR THATS COMING WITH ME TO LOSTWITHEAL COMMUNITY CENTRE SUMMER BEAR FAIR ON SUNDAY 22ND JUNE ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS IF I GET A MOVE ON ONLY 4 WEEKS TO GO........... HE WILL ALSO BE APPEARING IN TEDDY BEAR INTERNATIONAL ON 21ST JUNE BEFORE MY PREVIEW FEATURE IN THE MAG IN AUGUST I DO HOPE YOU LIKE MY 1ST LITTLE BEAR FOR THE FAIR THANKS MELISSA

THANKYOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP I WILL BUY ONE TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN SPEND ALL WEEKEND READING THE MANUAL LOL AND HAVING A GO............................. THANKYOU ALL SO SO MUCH MELISSAX

hi all i would be grateful on any comments i do all my owrk by hand and am thinking about purchasing a sewing machine trouble is will most probaally take me ages to use it lol.never used one before to think just over 12 months ago i couldnt even sew a button on a shirt i had no patience for that at all now i sit all day night sewing bears by hand i love it totally addicted............... so what i am asking is sewing machine is it a good idea or keep to hand thanks melissa

thankyou melisa and catherine for your wonderful comments on suzi      melissax

thankyou all for your kind comments they really do mean a lot......... i do intend on making some more doggys soon i dont know what yet though i do prefur making long haired dogs so if anyone has any ideas and pics let me know  i was thinking afghan hound but i am having big probs getting fur for that as would need a dark backing with beige long fur so if any one knows where i can get some please get in touch regards melissa and thanks again for all the praise

thanks christine i  really am pleased she turned out more than ok suzi,s owner has claimed her within minutes of me posting pics up  thanks melissa

Hi welcome to SUZI my tibetan terrier i am not sure if she is for sale as yet so i thought i would list her here 1st she is 16 inches tall and worked on her from this picture i do hope you like her a lot of sewing in this one and long hours and sweat lol take care melissa.... not for sale suzi,s owner wendy has claimed her and is delighted with her i was contacted by wendy when i had my alsation bear on ebay and she asked me to commision suzi i was worried about it as new nothing about tibetan terriers I DO KNOW lol... i  worked hard on her and am delighted that wendy is as well very pleased with her and i have also gained a great friend in wendy and her loving 3 tibetan terriers this one suzi being the baby of them thankyou to wendy and suzi of course for her great photograph that helped me achieve her beautty ..........

TRULY LOVELY LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM STUNNING :clap:

WOW SO LIFELIKE AMAZING  :clap:

erin he is adorable i love the fur wonderful...... :clap:

oh jenny i love the 1st one what a lovely outfit his trousers are really nice how cute is he..........  melissa :clap:

thanks deborah 

thanks wendy and elaine for your lovely comments i am so glad you like him i may do another in the next few weeks take care melissa

This is blue completed as i sigh a huge sigh of relief.... a project that i put off for a long time but glad i have done him eventually he is a collie his eyes are supposed to be this colour as he has 1 blue 1 brown........... hope you all like him              melissa    i will be trying my hand at another soon...... ps i did try 4 legged but just cant get the knack so he is a bear collie    lol..........

what lovely dogs you all have  heres my puppy well big puppy STORM he is a big softy..... 

you could try emmerybears            or norbeary fabrics   hope this helps melissa

how sweet...... how could you be cross with a face like that ............ i was when my puppy did that a german shep he is 4 now and very well behaved NOW.........

hi jenny i dont know if you have used this company but i did stumble across imstuffedfur.com  they are in pennslivania  i was going to make an order but you have to order a yard of each and the postage is heavy and the duty charges but worth it if there was a few artists requiring the same furs they look really nice and such a range the biggest range i have ever seen if any one has used them let us know  melissa x

oh wow jenny they are just soooo lovely you always astound me with your work just fab  :clap:

THANKYOU EVERYONE FOR THE LOVELY INSPIRING COMMENTS AND I AM GOING TO BRAVE MAKING IT A PROPER DOG NOT A BEAR DOG WISH ME LUCK AS WORRIED TO BITS ABOUT IT BUT I WILL HAVE A GO HOPE ITS STANDS WHEN I HAVE FINISHED LOL........ THANKS MELISSA XX

thankyou jane for your kind comments,, lis yes its been very tricky i had these eyes painted for me and she does a great job and supplied these as a set so no spare which is great news...... tami thanks for your comments i am worried about finishing it but i know its got to be done i dont know and if confident enough if i can make a proper dog so ithought about a bear dog lol.......... unless any one can help me with how do i make a proper body

1st off he is adorable and secondly he is dark chocolate brown with lighter goldish or caramal flecks hope this helps melissa

my 1st ever dog.... as you can see i have only done the head and i am hoping its ok.... i have been putting off doing this for a long time and after a lot of patience i think i have done ok  hope you like him  , she emailed me a pic which helped me a lot...