Here are the bears i have been working on since mid-January. It's been a bit hectic here with my nocturnalism reaching/descending to bedtimes of 7am; a boisterous 3 week visit from my friend and her two-year-old, and very sad news necessitating a funeral trip to Canterbury in early March.
None of this has aided me in the excruciatingly complex task that is embroidering noses on bears. I have, for the time-being, given up trying as i just can't do it. Sometimes it's a blessed relief to accept failure. So for sewn bears, plastic noses will have to do for now. I think i might prefer them.
There are several smiles to be sewn, a pair of ears to attach and a three noses to figure out but on the whole, i 'm feeling more confident with the making of the animals and i think two or three of this latest group could be ready for new lives elsewhere via an internet craft shop.
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| this bear and the largest one above, and the little one, left, were made from old corduroy trousers. |
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| this little one is a beany bear. |
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| Hooray! |
