Making Your Own Teddy Bear

Provides patterns and detailed instructions for constructing a teddy bear and offers tips on assembling and adding character to each bear

Teddy bears are an iconic symbol of childhood. They are often our first and best-loved toys right through to adulthood, often passed on to our own children to enjoy. This beautifully illustrated, comprehensive guide takes you into the magical world of teddy bear making and shows you how to create your own traditional bear to hand down through the generations. The book begins with a short history of the teddy bear, followed by detailed information on tools, materials and essential bear-making techniques. There's guidance on finding design inspiration, and three complete step-by-step projects to get you started. There's then detailed guidance on how to create different eyes, ears, noses and mouths to give your bear a unique personality, and sewn outfits to dress them in. The book ends with notes on care and repair, ensuring your treasured creation will last a lifetime.

Could anything be cuddlier than a teddy bear? Now, making a special, personal teddy bear—with its own wardrobe—couldn’t be simpler. Just follow these basic instructions, and the advice on easily available materials. Includes detailed patterns and full color photos that show you the fabulous completed bears. “With patterns for making a stunning wardrobe of, er, grizzly fashions.”—Publishers Weekly.

Contains step-by-step instructions for over fifty different techniques for making teddy bears; includes information on designing and cutting out patterns, adding the finishing touches, and other related topics.

This book will show you how to make your own special family of bears. Twenty-five step-by-step projects explain how to make traditional and contemporary teddy bears, with detailed information on materials, techniques and costumes.

It's easy to make a traditional teddy bear, with basic sewing skills and this encyclopedia at your side. There's information on tools and equipment, how to work from a pattern, or how to design your own. Follow detailed instructions on fabric layout, marking, and cutting; and stitch it up, piece by piece.

This comprehensive, step-by-step handbook of techniques for making adorable teddy bears is a guaranteed treat for all teddy bear lovers! Enchanting bear designs range from traditional and miniature teddy bears to bears with Jiggle Joints and flexible limbs. There's even a teddy bear that moves her head to music! -- Contains 14 projects that mirror both old-world and modern collectible styles, including a standing circus bear, a sweet baby bear, and a bear reminiscent of early 1900s teddy bears -- Features an all-inclusive reference section covering every aspect of teddy bear construction, from basic supplies to specialty stuffings -- Reveals expert tips for creating emotion in teddy bear faces and for making pattern alterations -- Includes clothing and accessory patterns, plus fun and informative "Bear Facts" sprinkled throughout the book