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Love Bud Bears by SandyHI, I've been working on a new pattern all night & I'm going crazy over the gusset. So of course I turn to Teddy Talk to search for help. I was happy to see lots of my questions were just ansewred a couple topics back. But the last thing I'm stuck on is: why do just about all patterns show the gusset taper in twards the back? If you draw it with the width the same all the way down how would that affect the head different from tapering it ?
Thanks for the help, Sandy 
Apple Dumpling DesignsSomeone please correct me if I'm wrong...but I would think that by narrowing the gusset in the back you would be reducing unnecessary bulk where you joint your bears head to the body. Leaving it the same as the top would just create extra fabric that you would be needing to gather around the joint piece. I think and I again may be incorrect but you would be better off trying to create a different affect using darts.
Past Time BearsYes, Shantell, you are absolutely correct with your answer! You want roundness and fullness in the head . . . not the neck. The part of the gusset that tapers begins to form the neck and you don't want a bunch of fabric there!!
Love Bud Bears by SandyHi Sue Ann & Shantell,
O- so that's why, I knew there had to be a good reason. Now I can finish up & see how she turns out (with the taper) Thanks a bunch for answering so fast ~ Sandy 
Yes, and to add just a little to what Sue Ann so expertly said... If you have too much fabric to gather at the nape, it makes it that much harder to tightly secure the disk/neck joint. Which might lead to a popped-off head! Totally macabre! You don't want that.
Love Bud Bears by SandyHi Shelli, Thanks for the extra info. that's one experience I rather not have to fight with ~ Sandy
