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I like to trace my patterns with air eraseable
fabric pen, for light fabrics. It fades away and you don't get ink marks on
the bear fabric. You just have to cut it out right away when you finish tracing.
Joanne
Bearly There Teds
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When designing the gusset for your
bear, instead of using string/wool to measure around the head to get the length of the
gusset, use a pipecleaner (chenille stem instead). In this way you get a much better
shaped gusset and can adjust the curve as you want.
Lynda Cansfield (Mother Hubbard)
Scallywag Bears
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Question: When you use a wobble joint can you use
any kind of filling?
Yes, I have used pellet /polyfil and even steel shot which is great to put a bit in the
feet then with the little added weight the wobble joints work well.Lynda Cansfield (Mother Hubbard)
Scallywag Bears
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| To make your seams as invisible as possible, it
starts with the stitching itself. You have to do tiny, tiny stitches, and make them
tight..but not tight enough to pucker. You have to really practice on making the
stitches just so. Some people use single thread..I dont, I use doubled
thread, but with tiny stitches and the tension just right, they dont show. Then
of course, when you are through and have turned the piece..to use a needle or something
similar to pull out the trapped fur from the seams...and give it a nice brushing with a
wire brush..or bunka brush...This is what I do hope this helps out. OH I should have
mentioned I use back stitch..this is a must.
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MAKING BOWS
It's going to be difficult to explain how I make my bows. I learned to do it this way from
a workshop I attended years ago and now often give myself on bow making, tying and gift
wrapping. Its uses the least amount of ribbon and always looks good.
Take a piece of ribbon, (if its too long you can cut the ends) but you really only need a
small amount about the size of the bow you want to make. Hold the ribbon with both
hands at the center of your length. Spread your fingers along the ribbon , moving outwards
along the ribbon until you have twice the length of the loop you want to make. Now
fold one end over the other crossing at the ends of where your fingers stopped moving, you
have now made a big loop. (it is so easy to demonstrate, this way sounds so complicated)
holding the cross over part between thumb and finger on one hand, with your other hand
hook your finger through the loop a little from the back and push
the center of that loop down on the corss over.you now have two loops made from your one
and what resembles a bow.
If you were making for a gift, you would scrunch this up at the cross over and now
take a piece of thin cord, ribbon etc and tie this very tightly at the cross over and so
securing your bow. But with bows for teddies which you are going to sew on, i have a
threaded needle ready knotted at one end and from the back of this cross over sew through
to the front of the cross over and secure with a few stitches in the same way ann then use
this to attach to bear. When attaching to bear as you pull your thread though you will see
the bow improves. Well after that long winded explaination (i've probalby lost you half
way), its done in three simple steps
Take a length of ribbon, cross over top make a loop, pulling center of loop down on cross
over, scrunch all together at center and secure. you will have tow perfect loops and tails
that face the correct way.
hugs,Lynda Cansfield (Mother hubbard)
Scallywag Bears
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