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LALand Bears
Oregon
Posts: 448

2catkiss Jun 3, 2010

Hello to all
Hope your summer is getting off to a good start. Here in Pacific Northwest (USA) we have not yet escaped the cool temperature and rain, rain, RAIN ! bear_sad

Need a bit of help. I am making smaller size bears, 4" to 7". I have lots of cute accessories but sometimes, to really finish them off, a cute hat or bonnet would be the perfect thing.

Do you make your own?....or is there a TTr who has this as their specialty?
Or do you know of any websites I can check?

Appreciate your help so much

Best Regards bear_flower
Lee Ann

Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

Daphne Jun 3, 2010

I guess it depends on what kind of hat you are looking for exactly.

CRs Crafts sells allkinds of hats for dolls and bears that you could then decorate yourself: http://www.crscrafts.com/products/vProd … 3=&L4=&L5=

I've also found that American Girl Doll hats fit medium sized bears. Lots of crafters make them and there's probably a pattern out there. You'd have to ask Google. bear_happy

Honey Valley Bears
Toronto
Posts: 210

I'm going to pass on a piece of advice that I got when I asked a fellow bear artist that same question this past weekend. Go to a place like build a bear, and buy one of the hats that you like, take it apart and draw a pattern from that, then photocopy it to enlarge or shrink as needed. I haven't tried this but it sounds like a good place to start. Same would work for clothes if you tend to make the chubby bears.

Amber

EJ's Crafts
Fort Mohave, Arizona
Posts: 829

EvaJ Jun 4, 2010

The straw hats I buy from CR's Crafts but the fabric and felt ones I make myself. Don't quite know what you are looking for.

LALand Bears
Oregon
Posts: 448

2catkiss Jun 4, 2010

Thank you Daphne, Amber and Eva
My current little guy needs a "baseball" type cap.
I think like so many other occasions, when I needed just the right thing, I will do as you suggest and find pictures or examples and then make my own pattern.
It's challenging anyway...to fit a cap over bear ears :crackup: but that is what makes this so much fun.
I will post a pic if I get this figured out...

Thanks again !
Best Regards
Lee Ann

Honey Valley Bears
Toronto
Posts: 210