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While in Vermont, visiting my folks, we bought a book called the "Teddy Bear Century".
It's the history of Teddy Bears over the last 100 years.
It includes 13 classic designs of bears throughout history.
Following the instructions in the book, I cut the fur into bear pieces following the patterns with Mike making sure I didn't have 3 legs. |
| Then we pinned all of the pieces together, and fixed them with a hand basting stitch. To make a sturdy bear, I added a machine stitch to all of the seams. |  |
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With the joint hardware installed, I stuffed the little parts with, ah, bear stuffing? |
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Here is Butterscotch, my first bear! He turned out excellent!
Made from the Clarence pattern, this bear
is typical of the 1930's. He has a shorter muzzle and smaller and
shorter limbs to make him look more friendly.
(He was just finishing up a can of Vernors when we snapped this picture.) |
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Then I made another from the Albert pattern, a bear from the early 1900's. He has a humped back, longer snout, larger feet and longer arms. We call him, well we don't have a name yet |
| Wow, I'm on a roll here. My parents bought some black and white colored fur from the store in Vermont and sent it to me. To try out the black fur, I picked the Percy pattern to sew, it's from the 1920's. Like all older style bears, he has longer arm and legs, a bigger snout and a slightly humped back. |  |
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Our cat Codi just hamming it up in from of the camera. |
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A bear family portrait..ahh, can we all pay attention here please?
All eyes to the front! |
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Thanks Butterscotch, but hands down, and no "bunny ears"...thank you. |
| That's better, you guys are impossible! |  |