Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

He's absolutely lovely Sue Ann - all that time and effort has paid off ;)

I think that if you want to take the extra time to add double neck joints and tiny toes then you should - i know a lot of people like their bears to have these extra finishing touches - so if all the fidding around does'nt drive you nuts, stick with it!
If it does drive you nuts - forget it and continue making your lovely bears as before

Lifes too short for faffing about with toes hahaha

PennyPoodles

O MY WORD JANE - i shall try this recipe and if i get even fatter than i am now i shall blame it on you :D

Penny

O no Laure

I'm only feeling sad about selling me bear - as usual i'm as happy as a pig in poo :D

Penny

Hey Wanda

Yes, we are a lovely bunch of girls are'nt we?
I just can't resist checking in even when i should be doing something else - like now :rolleyes:

Better than Prozac & Paxil eh? Yeah, i guess we are but i noticed Louise still won't give up the wine and choccies - good on ya girl!

Eileen - what are you doing with TS Eliot -does'nt he stink a bit in this hot weather seeing as he's been a goner for years? hoo hoo hoo

It's always a pleasure chatting with you lot of bearygirls

PennyPoodles - who should be doing the laundry but instead is visiting TeddyTalk

Hellooo Kim

I usually cut the ribbon at an angle - a V shape usually works. It won't stop the ribbon from fraying indefinitly but it does help. If the ribbon can take it - pop a teeny bit of fray check on the ends.

If it still frays Kim - chuck it in the bin and forget it :D

PennyPoodles

WHAT!!!!!! Why did someone have a go at you Judi? I've not been around much so don't know what's been going on.
Judi - you are a sweetheart and have always been kind, helpful and funny - i mean the funny bit in a nice way :D

Don't ever change a hair on your beautiful blonde head - we all love you as you are :)

Penny Poodles :P

Hiya Daphne
Obviously Laure and i are in different hemispheres here - her in John Steinbeck country me in a BUGS BUNNY cartoon!
The 'I'll love him and hug him and squeeze him and kiss him and call him George' quote is from a Warner Bros. cartoon where Bugs Bunny meets the Abominable Snowman.
This quote was obviously taken from the Steinbeck novel - but being a complete knuckle dragger myself i have never read the book and always remembered the cartoon

Penny :P:P

Kirsten

I wish i had read this posting before i sent you the details for making me an avatar - you should have said that you were still recovering from the operation Kirsten.

Don't worry about the avatar until you feel better sweetheart

I bet you'll have no problems getting pregnant once you recover from this operation Kirsten - i shall keep my fingers crossed for you both.

Penny

I love cats Sue Ann and i'm also very fond of spilling over

hee hee hee

Let's all go to Texas!

Penny

WOW - i shall go out and buy some thick tights this weekend and have a little play around. I think the fabric you are thinking of Laure is called stockinette over here

We should have a little friendly competition girls - we all buy a pair of tights and make a little critter and set a date for when we uplaod our photos.

What do you think?

Penny

LAURE - a talking avatar! How great would that be!

I'm glad that my bear 'speaks' to you, he did'nt say much to me before he was adopted cos i refused to let him have any of my chocolate :lol:

I was completely unaware that i EVER said anything poignant - i obviously live in a parallel universe of my own making

Poignant Penny

I slapped him about a bit Jane - just to let him know who was boss and then......
oooops no i better not say::P

Yes he paid for dinner - but he has the table manners of a pig (a pot bellied one)

hohohohohoho

Penny::D

Well, here i am girls - having lunch with George Clooney

I am looking a bit red faced as he has just made the MOST inappropriate suggestion!!!!

Of course i said YES

Penny

Helloooo Girls,

It seems that i'm one of the few people here that hand sew my bears - what is the advantage of using a machine?

I've got two machines, one is a 1914 Frister & Rossmann - which sews like a dream and looks even better - and the other is a 'Brother' an all singing, all dancing, electric model that i mainly use for making home furnishings - curtains, cushions and bedding.

I also do quilting and tapestry work as well as bear making and i never use a machine unless i have to - am i mad or old fashioned?

Or maybe just Old...........

Penny

You are a STAR Kirsten

I'll email all the info to you tomorrow as it's getting late here and i'm 'knackered' - translation: worn out!

Thanks a bunch :D

Penny

I hand sew all my bears just because i love hand sewing Kirsten.

But i can see the attraction of machine sewing

Penny

Yes Kirsten

That's exactly how i feel - i too have a few heads hanging around waiting for the 'right' body

Glad i'm not alone with working like this. It seems that a lot of us like to do the head last. I think that the head is so very special and needs time spent on it whereas i can sew, stuff and attatch limbs to a body quite fast - the head is certainly a mysterious thing to produce

Penny:D

WONKY

What a great word! - it seems to be able to describe soooo many different things does'nt it?

Glad to have been of service Sue-Ann

Hi Kirsten

Would you like to make an Avatar for me?

I'd really like to see what these sooper-dooper-flipper-dipper software packages can do

I may buy one myself but i'm always put off by the price - i can never be sure that i would use it enough to warrent spending the cost of a weekend in Paris

Penny:D

If you DO look like your bears Louise you'll be as cute as a button

C'mon Louise - show your face and i'll post a piccy of me WITHOUT the paper bag over my head

(You have been warned folks)

Penny

Mand me old fruit

You can always make another head out of a contrasting colour - it looks really good.
Try it the next time you feel like kicking the c**p out of another poor defenceless bear :D

Penny :P

P.S. I'm sooo glad you warned me about that particular supplier Mandie - i could have wasted a fortune

Grazie Mille Girls

Yes, i am rather beautiful are'nt i :D

Don't get miffed Laure!

I just cannot resist a joke - this as you can imagine - has got me in to LOTS of trouble in the past

I promise to be a good girl from now on

LET'S GET READY TO PAAAAAARRRRRRTTTTTYYYY :D:D

OK count me in girls - let me know the time and the place and i'll dig out my Jimmy Choos and Dolce & Gabbana shades!

SUE ANN A KERFUFFLE IS a 'to-do'- a 'hoo-ha' - a spot of trouble etc etc

I lurve parties and NO i won't be drinking Earl Grey

I would love to know why i would only be invited to an adult party Shelli - am i a bit too racy for the kids? But i like the sound of it being a grand party

Penny - the good time girl (apparently)
:D:D

My postie is profoundly deaf

fortunately i know his wife who is also profoundly deaf

i have to chase him down the high street if i just miss him and he has a parcel for me

what a kerfuffle!

Penny

Yeah and they must have a hump too

and wibbly wobbly joints that flip and flop a bit - i always test the joints to see if the bear can do a 'starfish'
if he can then he's jointed about right

I shift the bears head forward about a 1/4" so that his head hangs slightly

maybe i should get out more

Penny