Made Specially Bear.

Today I wanted to share my most recent creation, a blue baby bear. I am quite pleased with the way he turned out, especially since I was trying a new technique of stitching the nose before placing the eyes, and I tried a new ear placement position. He wound up with a charming baby face that I look forward to trying to duplicate in future bears.

Here are some photos of wee Bristol:

A little pigeoned-toed, as you can see, only adds to his cuteness!

So teensy! This is the smallest bear I've ever sewn, measuring in at 2 1/2 inches tall!

My Menagerie

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This is my personal collection of bears and miniatures.

Clockwise from left, little blue bear was made by me for a close friend, the baby in the crib was made by Duckwalk Babies on eBay, the small wooden vase in front of the crib was imported and is super small, the large platypus Puddles was made by Matilda Hugginbottom, the teensy tiny butterfly-winged black bear Emmy was made by the talented Tammy Buhrow, the baby turquoise bear was made by me, the bear with the orange by my friend, fribblesltd, the rubber duckey was made by a wonderful lampwork artist, then Murdoch and Jodi bears were both made by me, Jonquil the very handsome gray bigger bear, was made by the very talented Ingrid, also known as Ellery Bears, of New Zealand, the two crochet bears were both made by the marvelous Angel Sawyer, and each of the little Muffa creations in their little glass containers were made by Mariella Vitale. The polymer clay mermaid was made by Ruth from Australia, and the turtle bead was made by LandS Arts Originals.
Up above, the hummingbird was made by Lorrie Fayewray, and the Scotty dog was made by Always Rosie, (Carol) a wonderful needlesculptor.

U of M Grizzly Bear

This bear was a special order for a work colleague. He was made using the University of Montana colors from burgundy long pile faux fur and silver ultrasuede. His claws and the UM are hand embroidered. He is well loved in his new home!

My very first bear

I made this Jodi bear from gold, short pile, upholstery fabric. I purchased the kit from nzteddy through E-bay. My good bear making friend, Amelia of fribblesltd, made the bear collar on Jodi.