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Shelli Retired Help Advisor, Banner SponsorMay 27, 2005

Thought I'd throw a new topic into the mix.

When I create I never know, at the start point, whether I'll end up with a girl or boy bear.  They generally "tell" me -- those fuzzy little buggers --  as I go along exactly how they'd like to turn out.  I seem to end up with more girls than boys.

How about you all...???

adamsgirl May 27, 2005

Hey Shelli!
I know exactly what you mean about them "telling you" if they are a boy or girl!  Except with me, I end up with more boys!!!

Darleen

Dilu May 27, 2005

Yep!  100% agree......I can't sex 'em until they tell me.  I end up with more boys than girls....we should get the kids together......:D

Dilu

yosemitebearworks May 28, 2005

I tend to make more girls than boys, but every once in a while a bear comes along that has a mind of it's own.  Right now I have a large bear sitting on a shelf dressed to the nines in a smashing hat with feathers, flowers, and a big poof of netting.  She has a beautiful rhinestone brooch with matching earrings and a black fur stole.  And you know what -- everytime I pass by I hear the message "I'm a guy, silly - get me out of these earrings!  Ditch the hat!  Sigh, I love the outfit, but if I don't change it, that's going to be one unhappy bear.

Donna

Laure May 28, 2005

Sometimes I make girl or boy genders on purpose. Usually it works out, but sometimes I get surprised.  Other times, I will let them disclose it to me.  Sometimes I can't tell, so they get a non-gendered name, such as "Cookie".

Daphne May 28, 2005

The woman who taught me how to make bears, Diana Lind of Wee Treasures, had me use a very girly bear pattern. Well, my bear was most definitely a boy! I've tried so many times to make a girl bear, most of the time failing. I made a purple bear who was meant to be a girl but, you guessed it, was all boy. :rolleyes:

What can we do to have more of a chance of having a girl bear? Only make her on a full moon? Sew standing up? OK, I'm sorry..... :lol:

I've tried going for more petite features - nose especially, maybe smaller ears - and sometimes this works. Anyone have any other suggestions? (Sorry, Shelli, perhaps I'm steering this into another direction!)

Hugs,
Daphne

Daphne May 28, 2005

PS - My avatar for example...... I was aiming for a girl....... but what does he/she look like more? Maybe the shading/coloring techniques make a difference?

Delartful Bears May 28, 2005

Hrmmm don't get me started on this subject.  I have made quite a few bears now, and not one, I repeat, not one has been a girl.  I guess I like my bears sorta dorky looking with big noses, so that's probably why.............

Dilu May 28, 2005

Daphne=I thought your avatar was a surprised excited little guy - -I cant help it every time I see him he makes me giggle.  He is just so darn cute!

Wonkydonkydilu

Dilu May 28, 2005

Donna!!! for crying out loud-you really don't want the little fella to have a gender identity problem, do you?  Quick change him, and then make him a girl friend for the fancy dancy outfit. 

And then let us see before and after pictures-it'll be fun!

Di

Dilu May 28, 2005

Laure  :(

I miss your face.....

Dilu

your bear's a cutie though 

Laure May 28, 2005

Dilu, how sweet of you to miss my face.  We will meet face to face before long.  I was just thinking, if we are "AAA", we must be one step beyond "AA" ( Alcoholics Anonymous, if by some remote chance someone didn't know.)   Would that make us Arctophilic Addicts, Annonymous? 

Marion May 28, 2005

In fact, all my bears are boys except  the bears that I make thinking of them as boys since the beginning... It's a little frustrating... I must have a problem... Maybe I can find a trick, making myself wanting a boy when I want a girl ?
In fact, I just don't think about accessories until the bear is completely finished... It helps... :/

Daphne : for me, your avatar bear can be both boy and girl. She/he is a very sweet little angel !:)

gotobedbears May 28, 2005

Hi all,
I make my boy bears out of pink mohair too - they don't seem to mind, and they just LOVE helping pick out new drapes :lol:

My girl bears have all been very girly, which is suprising as i'm not a girly girly sort of person really. Maybe deep inside i'm secretly yearning for Barbie pink shoes and fluffy bunnies instead of lusting after a sit-on lawnmower and a pilots licence - i would love to learn to fly :rolleyes:

Penny - dressed in Barbie pink, riding a sit-on lawnmower and dreaming of flying a plane ::P

Laura Lynn Banner SponsorMay 28, 2005

Yep, I also have to wait for the bear to be finished before I know if it's a boy or girl.... I made a bear out of a lilac tipped cream mohair and was going to call "her" Lilacia... but after he was born he was definitely a boy... so I named him Bijou!  I think I go in spurts... lots of boys... then lots of girls...

SueAnn Help Advisor, Banner SponsorMay 29, 2005

I try to have an even number of boy and girl creations at a show, but most of the time it is after finishing the bear that the gender is established.  However, I always give male names to my all-fours bears . . . they just LOOK masculine!!

Kirsten May 30, 2005

I tend to do more boys, but My Mom will see some of my "boyish" bears as female and will redo their bows when I'm not looking!

Marie_ May 31, 2005

Hello ladies!
I am still new to creating bear and
I thought I have no control to decide
the jenders because I'm new..but
as everyones said I guess it is the
bear self matter !? Hrmmmmm.....

I like to make a girl bear but the
all bear I collected was  boy bear..don't know why....:P

Laure, Me too! I miss your picture:)
but I love your new bear in avatar
too so I will give up.. hee hee;)

Bear Hugs/Marie