Text and illustrations present a step-by-step guide to more than fifty teddy bears techniques, focusing on, assembling the bear, teddy bear features, making garments, and other topics.
The teddy bear is one of the world's most beloved stuffed animals. Its furry body, soulful eyes, and padded paws are adored everywhere by children and adults alike. Teddy bears are bedtime friends, lifetime comforters, and adorable collectibles. From the traditional to the fanciful, this book is a comprehensive guide to creating your very own heirloom bears. Everything you need is provided in this step-by-step visual directory. Instructions and photographs lead you through designing bears, working with patterns, stitching the various pieces, inserting joints, stuffing your bear and giving it features, antiquing a finished bear, and clothing it. There is also a section on specialised techniques for working in smaller scale to make miniature bears. An inspirational gallery section showcases a collection of delightful bears selected for their importance in the bear making tradition, and demonstrates the styles and techniques discussed in the book. For beginners or more advanced teddy-bear makers, The Encyclopedia of Teddy Bear Making Techniques is a comprehensive guide to making original, creative, appealing, and unique teddy bears you will cherish for a lifetime.- A fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to more than 50 teddy-bear making techniques - Includes professional guidance on all aspects of teddy-bear making, from designing and cutting out patterns to special finishing techniques - Offers expert advice and useful ideas for achieving imaginative and professional results - Provides an inspirational gallery of finished bears from the best traditional and contemporary bear makers
Create heirloom-quality teddy bears with wonderful expressions & all the details that make them favorites of children & adults alike. Learn the basics, such as working with patterns, stitching the various pieces, & inserting joints, then find out how to give your teddies personality, including fashioning clothes & antiquing & distressing them. You will even master specialized techniques for making your projects stand out from the rest, as well as for crafting miniature versions. Appealing & unique, your bears will be cherished as bedtime friends & adorable collectibles. Techniques & completed bears are shown in color photos.
This encyclopedia brings the art of arctophily (teddy bear collecting) up to date. This edition adds 24 important antique and new bears to the more than 500 rare, familiar, classic and modern bears. Photos.
30 craft projects to sew, knit, and create the cutest critters 30 Crafty Creature Projects is packed with ideas to create lots of cute, cuddly and adorable creatures. Award-winning author, Jane Bull, puts a modern spin on traditional handicrafts such as sewing, knitting, and model making in this exciting craft ebook. Inside you'll find over 30 inspiring projects ranging from delightful felt cats and teeny tiny animals, ideal for necklaces and key fobs, to cute phone pouches and coin purses. The step-by-step photo sequences of projects ensure you'll be able to pick any activity and sew, knit or assemble the adorable animals with ease. Each easy to make project tells you what materials you'll need and techniques for knitting or stitching the projects are embedded in the relevant section for immediate reference. 30 Crafty Creature Projects is perfect for budding crafters, providing creative projects that are great to keep or make as gifts for friends and family.
With its 800-plus listings, this is the most complete treasury of bear information ever stuffed between covers. Teddy bear collectors and artists will turn here whenever they need to find retailers who sell bears by mail order, sellers of bear-making supplies, and much more. The book is alphabetized and cross-referenced, making it easy to use. Illustrations.