Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

aww, love his outfit and wee pillow and bunny

Very cute, almost a lion's mane of fur

Ahh, thanks, I'd been looking at the muzzle bit, which seemed to generally describe it  :redface:

Aww, what a fab expression, just love the big blue eyes!

This may seem an odd question, but I understand thet needle sculpting uses strong thread pulled tightly around the eye areas, but where do you start and end your thread?  I've tried on several occasions to do this, starting and ending the thread at the base of the head, but I just can get the look I'm after, it seems to loosen off and pull the base of the head up, making it hard to get the joint in sitting nicely.  Where am I going wrong please?

Aww, love the wings!  I've got to make wings and a tutu for a bear next week, it's going to be an interesting experiment 

Aww, he's lovely, and I like the unusual colour - hope he doesn't leave the shells for all those nuts lying around 

So cute, love the wee stockings

Aww, how cute!  I'm drooling over all these bears, but my flatmate owes me a lot of money right now, and I have no spare cash for bear buying 

Wow, I can only imagine how much work that would be, love all the moving parts, including toes, amazing!

There's quite a lot of free patterns around online that would give you an idea of what sections look like, then it's a case of adapting to fit what you would like - try mixing and matching a range of patterns to make up the bits you like, if that's easier.  I find one of the curve rulers invaluable in ensuring that my paw pads will fit my feet, and my head gussets will fit my heads.  Other than that, as above, get some cheap fake fur and experiment 

I got some cheap fake fur to mock up my first bear, which worked well.  Like Julia I think the head looks a little small, but you'll only find out when he's there in the fur in front of you     I'm sure I read an article or piece in a book at some point suggesting proportions in anatomy, but unfortunately I can't find it at the moment, if I do, I'll post it up.

I'd love to try needle-felting for the effect, but being very allergic to wool, it's just not going to happen unfortunately     I'll just have to admire everyone else's creations instead 

Awww, so cute

Another cute one, I do like the clothes you make them.  My mum tried to teach me how to knit and crochet - it ended in much hilarity for her, not so much for me!

Aww, love her little outfit

Cool, I don't think he looks sad though, just sleepy!

Aww, he has fur to die for, he looks so cuddly!

I buy all my stuff from Christie Bears http://www.christiebears.com/index.php which has a big range of colours and sizes of pieces of ultrasuede (sorry, I hope I'm allowed to post links to shops on here if not please remove, I'm not affiliated in any way to them)

aww, he is adorable, and I love his eyes

Very sweet with the pink cheeks, she looks so happy

Aww, what a great idea, guess I need to get out of the ultrasuede/velvet mindset for paw pads!

I'd never have thought to try anything like that, but it does look a lot like its model 

Cute little critters - are their beaks needlefelted?

Those are all so cute, hope you can find more time to make more soon