Dying and choosing eyes

Dying my mohair always makes me happy, It is one of my favorit things in the bear making proces.

Sometimes I dye after  cutting and stitching and sometimes before.
But choosing the eyes is always a difficult task for me, this really gives the bear his certain character.

Here some pictures.

I finally chose old shoe buttons, wich are not pictured above.

here some of the finished bears

Oleg the strong Russian bear.(adopted)

10 inches (25.4 centimeters)

Oleg is made of handdyed short pile German mohair.
I have used 2 matching colours.
He has green glass eyes and a Russiana badge and a ribbon and a colar full of bell's.
He is stuffed with polyester fiber and some steel pellets to give extra weight.
He is fully jointed with 5 cotter pins and gently aged.
He is OOAK.
You can see more pictures "here"

Hugo(adoted)

Hugo is a yellow (chartreuse) coloured mohair bear. The mohair is on green backing.
He is for sale "here" and "here"

Peter Green, Sonny and Debbie

3 new bears  from new patterns,
They will be for sale in my etsy store and on bear pile.

It took some time to finish them, because I had little time for the bears.
Hope to work on the patterns some more in the next few days to adjust things here and there.
I also plan to make some smaller and easier designs to have some quick and cheaper projects to put in my shop.
A bear for every wallet in these hard times ;)

New patterns

I am always curious to see how a new design looks, once it is stuffed.
How will these green bears look?

I will start stuffing right away!:)

Wimbie (adopted)and Leon

I finished a bear(Wimbie) and Emily finished an elephant(Leon).

It took weeks to finish my bear. Sigh...

new bear

I still have to dress him.

Julian and Hopper(both adopted)

Hopper(green) 11" (27cm) is made from sparse, German hand dyed ohair,
It felt just right to make him a warm woolen scarf for those cold days now.
Hopper is fully jointed with cotterpins and filled with polyester fiber. His nose and paws are cotton,his eyes are glass.
Hopper is hoping to be adopted by someone nice and sweet.

They are both for sale on "bearpile" and "etsy"

Julian(blue) is made of hand dyed sparse mohair, he is 12"(30cm) tall and is fully jointed with cotterpins.
Julian has brown glass eyes and a woolen scarf,hold together with a badge. I crocheted a funny short trouser for him, and he was very happy.
He looks like a big boy, but, he still needs lots of hugging.
He is stuffed with polyester fiber and has a cotton nose and paws.

Gretna(adopted)

Read all about Gretna "here"

Emerald and Barcley(Barcley has been adopted)

Hi Let me introduce to you two of my new bears!

I think it won't be difficult to know wich one is called Emerald?

They are both sweet fellows and will be looking for new homes soon,

They are +- 20cm ( 8") high.