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Posts: 83Hello everyone,
I am getting back into making my bears and wanted to know do you make or buy clothes for your teddy bears?
If you make your teddy bear clothes what patterns do you use esp for the smaller teddy bears?
Thank you for your help!!!
DoodlebearsHi.... (sorry I don't know your name), some of my bears go bare, but others I dress. I just make my own patterns to fit whichever bear I am dressing. I don't particulary like making the clothing but some bears call for clothing so I just measure them up and get designing. Sorry I can't lead you to patterns but I'm sure someone here will be able to help you out.
Hugs, Jane.
Rufnut Teddy'sI have bought some teddy bear clothes when I have seen clothes I like.
Of late I have made my own patterns according to the bears size and make clothes that fit. It can take a bit of practice to get it right. 
Just watch out for those big feet, big tummies and big noses. 
Most of my bears are around the 10 to 12 inch in height.
I have found some books that do have miniature clothing patterns I will go follow it up and get back to you.
q.D.paToOtieSI either make my own from vintage fabric or I purchase vintage doll clothing (bears have fat arms though so it's really hard to find something that's going to fit properly) or vintage children's clothing and just "tailor it down."
There used to be a software program that you could purchase to design your own doll clothes but I ran across it a gazillion years ago and don't even know if it exists anymore. It was kind of expensive if I remember but was neat because you could measure the doll's height arms, legs, torso and enter it into the program and then pick out a basic dress/pants design and it would spit out the pattern for you. This was back when I was really into collecting Sasha Dolls about 10 years ago and I'm having a brain freeze right now so I can't remember the name of the program. Anyway, if I remember, I'll let you know!
q.D.paToOtieSI remembered! It's called Doll Wear (http://www.dollwear.com) and I was right about it being expensive too. I remembered that 10 years ago it was about $100. Now it's $199! I'm sure it has a lot more "features" now though...LOL! 
Oh, back again. I was just looking at their website and they used to make one called Teddywear! They have it available as a download from their website but it says you need an access ID or something. Maybe you can contact them and ask the price for the download. Hopefully, it's cheaper as it's an earlier version of the software!
Rufnut Teddy'sThis illustrated book has some great clothes patterns to make in it, its called Making and Dressing Traditional Teddy Bears by Brian and Donna Gibbs. Not exactly miniature for the ideas are great.
Lisa that software sounds great, thanks for sharing. :hug:
I use doll clothes patterns as a guide and then redraw to adjust for bear dimensions. I have used the copier mode on my printer to reduce or enlarge for a particular bear. I sometimes use Dolls' Clothes Pattern Book by Roselyn Gadia-Smitley which I got for a couple of dollars on ebay.
Swan Valley BearsHello . . . The book, "Creating Miniature Teddy Bears" by Linda Mullins has mini patterns and some of them have clothes patterns. There's another book that I have in storage now so I can't tell you the exact name or author, but it's something like "Making and Dressing Miniature Teddy Bears".
I also make 10 to 16 inch bears and I make clothes for a lot of my bears. I have a book called "2 Hour Doll Clothes". I look at the pattern pieces, then design my bears clothes based on the basic shapes of the patterns in the book to fit what ever bear I'm making. So I guess you could do the same with any patterns for clothes for a small doll like Barbie or Ginny.
