Banner Sponsors
For artists and collectors sponsored by Intercal...your mohair supplier and Johnna's Mohair Store
Wild Thyme Originals
Hi... we are getting too quiet here in mini land... don't you think.... anyone else making any wee ones? Let's see some pics! After tiny Tabitha.. I decided to make some larger minis.... it's nice to be able to put in a few extra details sometimes....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi … 5659251379
Oh... and yes... that's another sassy faric, one that really works nice in this size range... I can't remember what it's called... Hmmm....
Past Time BearsCourtney is toooooo cute, Kim . . . the colors are glorious! She will make some new mommy very happy!
Acid Attic BearsJust fantastic, Kim ! 
Kim-Bee BearsADORABLE!!! I dunno why but I thought this little one was a kitty 
Wild Thyme OriginalsThanks girls! And Kim Bee... I think she DOES have a very kittenish face... I think that several of my recent bears have looked a bit feline in the face.... i am still dying to get a cat!!!!!! Just craving one.... so it doesn't really surprise me! If your squeeze little Courtney's ears into a pointy shape... she IS a cat!!!! Sorry Courtney.... 
Beary truly yours,
Kim Basta
Wild Thyme Originals
Posts: 1,277Kim, you've done it again! Little Courtney is just GORGEOUS! As, of course, all of your bears are! I really need to order some fabric from Sassy and try my hand at it. You're truly an inspiration!
Wild Thyme OriginalsThanks Sandi... what are YOU working on lately!!!?
Beary truly yours,
Kim Basta
Wild Thyme Originals
Winneybears and Friends( Squeel ! ) Awwwww....He is soooo cute !!! ...Winney
Pandy Potter BearsYou just get better and better. I've tried the chenile pipe cleaner in the arms and it does work very well. Thanks for all your input Kim, is keeps us going! :clap:
Flying Fur StudiosKim, you are such an inspiration for me to get out my sassy fabric and make a mini. I just get hooked on the bigger ones.
I love this one! Awsome!
Posts: 1,277... what are YOU working on lately!!!?
Hee hee...I have a terrible habit of starting something and before I finish it I get an idea for something else and put the first one on hold. So...I have two different crochet pandas that I'm working on. One is completely crocheted and in the middle of getting stuffed. The other one needs one more leg and then stuffed and finished. I also have a synthetic plush which would've been my first sewn teddy, except I wasn't crazy about the fur once it was sewn together. And about the same time that I was figuring out I didn't like the fabric, my first ever order of mohair came in so I immediately started a mohair bear. So I have 4 bears on the table right now all somewhere in the middle stages! My bad...I know!
Wild Thyme OriginalsSandi... I don't blame you on the "new fabrics thing" I just can't wait to dive in when I have something really new! I wanna see those crocheted pandas though! 
Beary truly yours,
Kim Basta
Wild Thyme Originals
Posts: 8,574wonderful Kim Truly adorable
dilu
Posts: 1,277Okay, okay! 
I like to list my bears on the weekend so I will try to get at least one finished by the weekend!
Terries BearsKim, she is absolutely adorable! and she does kind of look like a kitten....very cute!!!!! I have a couple of new little guys that are waiting for their photo shoot, I will post them here when they are done.
Sandi - your table sounds like mine - I don't even want to think how many bears I have half done - we had a long weekend this weekend so I managed to finish off three but there are way more in that box!
Matilda Huggington-beareWay Cute! but all your bears are adorable! 
I kept hearing you all talk about 'sassy fabrics' and wondered what they looked like. Now I know. It has a really lovely length to the pile for wee ones. Now I understand all the talk. Matilda 
Wild Thyme OriginalsMatilda... there are actually a bunch of fabrics that we refer to as "sassy fabrics," the one Courtney is made of is but one. Stephanie, who posted another thread with a couple of her newer designs is the owner of "Sassy Bears & Fabrics." Lots of lovely fabrics to choose from that are all mini appropriate. Truly one stop shopping for the wee ones!
Everyone who has promised pictures... I'm holding you to it!
Beary truly yours,
Kim Basta
Wild Thyme Originals
Kim, very cute. I know you were using leather for lids on bigguns and thread for lids on smaller ones, but this one is in between. How did you resolve the eyelid issue on this size?
She's delightful, and I love her color!
Wild Thyme OriginalsHey Shelli! We redid some of our window treatments recently as we had a sort of mishmash of varying mini blinds all over the place. AND.... what I've been using on the larger minis is window blind cording! Now, some of it was very thin, and some was larger... I used the very thin stuff on Courtney... painted a bit with Genesis brand heat set oil paints. I've used the thick window blind cord on a couple of larger custom ordered bears recently as well. Man... I see something "cord-like" and between 1 and 3 inches in diameter, and I am all over it, no matter what it is!
Beary truly yours,
Kim Basta
Wild Thyme Originals
http://www.picturetrail.com/bastadolls
I hear ya. The bears currently on my desk have elastic cording eyes. They seem to hold a bit better to the eye with super glue, but I don't like the thickness as much as I do the leather. Now YOU get to be my inspiration; I may just have to try that window blind cording idea! I've seen satin cording and used it once but it frayed; window blind cording should hold together better with less fraying. Yay! Thank you!
Wild Thyme OriginalsShelli... the window blind cording didn't really fray that much... but I did sort of seal the ends off to prevent fraying with some Fabritac glue. I played around with some satin cording once too... it drove me so nuts I just pitched it! But... I wonder if you sealed it with some Fabritac first..... It is so lovely and soft looking.... may have to pick up some the next time I'm out an experiment a bit with that again... I'd pretty much forgotten about it....
Beary truly yours,
Kim basta
Sassy Bears & FabricsKim, gorgeous as usual! I don't even need to comment on your bears!!!!
I love them all, as does everyone else!
Kim-Bee BearsStephanie - I was just about to paste the link to your website LOL.. guess I dont need to now :)
So now you can tell us.. what is this material called that Kim used? I'm itching to buy some... if my bear on ebay does well 
Sassy Bears & FabricsI call it extra-long pile cashmere. 1/4" pile and very dense with the tiny knit back that doesn't fray, but it does stretch (thank goodness I finally found the Magic Fabric Fixer!). Looks like this color is Light Brown, it's really more the color of cocoa. Tabitha's pic shows the color accurately, better than my site does.
