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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Taking a wee peek…

… into the creation of a wee teddy bear named Kenneth McAlpine.

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Once Upon a Time my friend, Tracy, fell in love with a bear named Serge. She asked “pretty please, can you make me one like him?” And I agreed.

Although this post is not a tutorial, I thought it would be interesting to show you some of the steps it takes to create a mini bear.

So there will be lots of pictures and very little talk.

First of all we must gather the materials and draw the pattern onto the fabric.

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Then comes the cutting out, fray checking and  clipping the mohair very close to the edge so it doesn’t get caught up in the stitching.

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Now it is time to stitch each piece by hand, disk joint and stuff….

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…attach the eyes, nose and make those little pants, shirt, hat and wire rimmed glasses.

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And “viola” we have just met Kenneth McAlpine!

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Oh, by the way, my name is Vicki and I live over at Custom Teddys. I would like to thank you, Tracy, for inviting me to be a guest writer on your Handmade Teddy Bears and Raggedies Blog.

3 comments:

  1. wonderful work....that beautiful and lovely bear.....i love this....
    big hug from brasil
    sisi

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  2. Heeee...what a cute little journey! He's a sweet and very dapper little bear! Vicki...is that a 1950's chrome edge table you're working on? Looks like one but I can't be sure and if it is, that's exactly what I work on too!
    Great post!
    Hugs,
    Michelle

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  3. Thank you so much, Vicki, for this sweet write up. I love how you show how little Kenneth came into being. There's no way I have the patience for working with such little pieces of material. It takes a very special person to make a teddy bear.

    Hugs,
    Tracy

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