Emily Teasdale

This little teddy came into being in September 2001. She is made from Cream Berber Wool, is fully  jointed with glass eyes. She is 12 inches tall and her paw pads are cream upholstery fabric. Her nose is hand stitched from black perle cotton. Her sweater is hand knitted and crocheted. 

I wrote this comment in my journal:

I made this little bear as a patriotic teddy bear with a red, white and blue knitted scarf, but it just didn't suit her, so I knitted and crocheted the sweater for her. It suits her. 

Teddy took 8 hours to make, sweater 4 hours for a total of 12 hours.

She sold on ebay in September 2001 to someone from Illinois.

Robinson Cervantes

I made this little guy in November 2001. He is 13 inches, fully jointed, with glass eyes. He is made from recycled denim and stuffed with polyfiber and pellets. I hand stitched his nose from black perle cotton and his paw pads were reversed denim. His vest was made from the pockets of denim overalls. His sweater was hand knitted from wool and alpaca. His pants were made from cotton muslin. His scarf was hand knitted from alpaca. 

My comment on him was as follows:

This was one of my favorite teddy bears. I loved the denim I used to make him, it was a pair of my worn out overall shorts. The color was a soft warm blue. I made his vest from the back pocket of the overalls. I knitted his sweater freehand from wool with cream alpaca stripes. I also knitted his scar freehand from creme alpaca. 

Teddy took 8 hours to make, vest 2 hours, pats 1/2 hour, sweater 4 hours, total of 14 1/2 hours. He sold on e-bay in November 2001 to someone who lived in Illinois.

Review

I haven't posted anything in a year, and I have not been making teddy bears for awhile, but I am ready to start making them again. If I only make them for my own use, that's okay, but I will list some in my etsy store. 

First, though I would like to start a reveiw of all my past teddy bears, so I think I will post a story behind each one along with photos. I will try to keep them in chronological order. I kept a scrapbook for most of them along with a book of sketches for their design. I will start posting them tomorrow.

TOO LONG!!!!!

It has been too long since I posted anything here!!!! I am going to be starting the New Year off with more designing and creating teddy bears. I will be listing them on my etsy store, Looking Glass Moon.

But for now I would  like to revisit some of my past designs.

I will be adding more later, at least until I have new creations!

New Home for Teddy

My little felted teddy bear has found a new home in Australia!

Needle Felted Teddy Bear

I have been doing some needle felting lately and decided to needle felt a five way jointed teddy bear. I have jointed him with heavy silk suture thread. He has black bead eyes and needle felted nose, mouth, eyebrows and paw pads.

Isn't he cute!

I just sold this little pair on etsy.