Custom Order #10

For Brenda

Click here to see the Work-in-Progress photos of this order

Custom teddy from Brenda's mink stole
using my Teddy Pattern #2

Features of Custom Teddies (pattern #2):

Bears stands 11 inches tall (sits 8 inches)

black glass eyes

embroidered waxed and sealed nose

6 joints including a double jointed neck

hand-stitched vintage minks from pelts from family mink stole 

scissor sculpted face

gently hand-painted details

wire armature in arms and legs

paw pads from stole's lining

stuffing: polyfil 

Custom Order #9

Finally finished!

A three bear custom order for Dawn...

and my last creations for 2016!

Dawn, Thank you for your patience ... there were just too many distractions and disruptions during the Holidays so it took me a long long time to complete your order ... but (I think) these teddies turned out beautifully so I hope that you feel that they were worth the wait.

To see my Work In Progress post with photos of me creating these teddies:

Please CLICK HERE

Teddy #3650

You've probably noticed the color differences in the photos. I usually take my photos in natural light but it is raining today, a rare event in Southern California, so I took the first photos using "daylight" light bulbs but the teddies look brown rather than the almost black color with a reddish undercoat that they actually are. So I took more photos by a window and the colors are a little more accurate although they look more red than they actually are. It is suppose to rain most of the week so I'm not sure if I will be able to take photos outside, which I would love to do because the colors of these teddies are just so wonderful!!!

Teddy #3651

Teddy #3652

Custom Order #8

Puppies for Melanie

Please note (to anyone interested in requesting Custom Orders using your mink stole):

I had promised to make these Custom Puppies (instead of Teddy Bears) long before I decided to limit my Custom Orders to ONLY Teddy Bears ... so please don't ask me to make puppies or kittens or anything other than Teddy Bears. After almost 30 years of hand-sewing leather pelts into little creatures I just have to set limits ... my hands both hurt and have numb areas ... so it takes me a long long time to finish each little creature.

Finally finished ... Custom Order #7

for Dorothy

Features of Custom Teddies:

Bears stands 11 inches tall (sits 8 inches)

black glass eyes

embroidered waxed and sealed nose

6 joints including a double jointed neck

hand-stitched vintage minks from pelts from family mink stole 

scissor sculpted face

gently hand-painted details

wire armature in arms and legs

paw pads from stole's lining

stuffing: polyfil 

Teddy #3646

using Teddy Pattern #1

Teddy #3647

using Teddy Pattern #2

little sitting pad made from scraps from the mink stole lining

to include the monogram and labels

Custom Twin Teddies

For Vaunell

It took me a little longer to complete this order so as a little "Thank You for your patience" I've included two Sitting Pads for the teddies created from the stole lining to include the monogram and Bullock's label

Teddy #3644

Teddy #3645

Features of Custom Teddy (Pattern #1 - smaller version):

Bears stands 9 1/2 inches tall (sits 7 inches)

black glass eyes

embroidered waxed and sealed nose

6 joints including a double jointed neck

hand-stitched vintage minks from family mink stole

scissor sculpted face

gently hand-painted details

wire armature in arms and legs

paw pads from coat lining

stuffing: polyfil, a few BBs and plastic pellets

To see why I had to choose the smaller version of Pattern #1 please check my Work In Progress post