Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

oooh she's lovely Kelly    loving her moves :clap:

Hi is wonderful Sue, i can't believe he is only 4" either..wow :clap:

He is lovely Tanya, a great Panda :clap:  Please don't get disheartened by lack of replies, I don't get time to reply very often and i'm sure others are the same. Keep making your bears and posting for us all to see :hug:

She is yummy Paula   I hope you found making the dress easier than i did, it took me 4 days to work out how to make one

She is very cute melissa, those colours go so well together too

He is really sweet Terrie, he has that please take me home look

He is one very handsome chap Alison, and i adore his paws    great work :clap:

awww Pauline, how cute is that face   love the fur too 

Fantastic Jacqui  :clap:  he is adorable and such a perfect name for him    but he does make me laugh 

Jonah is a very handsome chap and looks very important   love him 

Bart is gorgeous, he has a lovely face   I have just been looking at you bears on your website, they are wonderful :clap:

Wow Erin, what a wonderful colour   he reminds me of sweets i had as a child which had chocolate inside...yes they really did make them in that colour  :crackup:  goodness knows what was in them  :crackup:

He is so cute Peta    i don't know how you make them so small

Beautiful Paula    I hope hugglets went well 

Wow he's gorgeous    his paws are fantastic and i love his cute expression :clap:

Unfortunately me and lullaby didn't make it through this year    but {{{CONGRATULATIONS}}} to all who did  :clap:  and good luck in the final round :clap:  :dance: 

Hi Jane

Sorry to hear you are suffering so much :hug:  I tried acupuncture once for Endometriosis but unfortunately it made me feel very light headed and dizzy, the therapist said it does have that effect for some people, I also have a big fear of needles which probably didn't help :doh:

One thing i have found good is a tens machine, but i guess it would depend if you were treating a particular area as you can't really treat many areas at the same time with it, might be worth looking into though

All the best :hug:

I did all my voting this morning with no problems   although i had to go for a cuppa and a lie down by the time i got to category 11, they are all sooooo good i couldn't decide :clap: 

Well done and good luck to all  :dance:  :hug:

Many thanks Lynn 

I have been through every forum trying to find the Challenge Gallery, i didn't think to look at the top of the page  :crackup:  and apologies to Quy, i didn't realise  :doh:

Have just posted my entry 

Can someone please tell me what QUY is and where the gallery is  :doh:  confused  :doh:

Candy is sooo excited she keeps jumping into her box ready to go  :crackup:

Thanks for all the photos Samantha, it looks wonderful, and a great success by all reports, very well done to you, you should be so so proud of yourself  :clap:  :dance: 

WOW Bobbie! what a fantastic reply, thank you so so much   I'm sure it will be helpful to other newbies to needle felting too :dance:

I need to read through it all again to take it all in and will contact you directly in a few days if that's ok

Thanks again Bobbie, you are a star 

Hi all

I have been wanting to try needlefelting for some time but never got round to it. I have been looking through lots of the posts but have not managed to find the answers to my questions so I'm hoping someone can help

At this point I don't want to make a full bear but would like to start needlefelting on a mohair bear, maybe paw pads/toes, then later maybe a muzzle.

As far as I can work out I need;
Batt wool (better than roving..whatever that is  )
Needle size 38 or 40. Is that right?  (my bears are 4-5")
A foam pad. Any foam?
Any other equipment needed?

more questions:
I normally use ultrasuede for paw pads, do I need to use mohair and trim it instead?

The needles i think are barbed so how do you avoid ripping the mohair backing when poking?

So I have my foot pad attached to bear..what do I do?  roll a ball of batt , stick it on and start poking?  I really don't have a clue do I  :crackup:

Are there any books that cover needlefelting onto mohair bears rather than just needlefelting?

Are there any UK sites that sell everything i need?

I am so impatient to get started on this I think I'm gonna burst   I shall look forward to any replies, many thanks

oh Pauline, how awful.....   sorry to laugh but you had me in stitches here :crackup:  I hope you can sort the poor chap out somehow!

I shall be careful how I look next time we meet :crackup: