Daughter teddies :
Bodies finished and jointed
Heads and necks jointed
Now I need to work on the all important face.
I have not been getting much accomplished lately due to the heat wave here. We are only about a 20 minute drive to the coast so we don't have an air conditioner in our little house ... we don't usually need one unless we have the (what used to be) rare HOT day or days. Well, last week was sooooo hot! And our California Fire Season is no longer just a season but it is all the time. None of the current fires are near my location but it still effects the air quality. Well, I've been having headaches and one day it was a migraine. Oddly while dealing with my aching head all I could think of is "I need to make myself a new teddy". LOL. So I did.
This is a new pattern that I drew out. I wanted a chubby little teddy that fit in the palm of my hand.
I wanted to make a teddy that took just one day and not several days or weeks like my mink teddies. So I went through my mohair and alpaca storage boxes and found a scrap of alpaca (my favorite). I drew out a pattern that fit the size of the scrap piece.
I used wool felt for the paw pads which I hand painted.
I took these photos first and that's went I decided that it needed some paint ... seemed a little uninteresting without the paint.
I used to use the mohair and alpaca fabrics to work out my new pattern ideas simply because fabric is faster, less messy, and more fun to use for teddies. Am I going to try this pattern in mink? Probably not because I designed the pattern for fabric not pelts.
I'm quite pleased with the one-day teddy that I made to add to my personal collection.
