TSP's 2022 Bear Sewalong

[sewminds]

@Renegade Sewist here ye go... not a great deal of progress but it's something...

[Flobear]

Yesterday I marked all the joints and cut out 4 leg pieces. Then my pegboard from IKEA arrived which I just had to install 

[sewminds]

@Flobear  but of course, it's a new thingy! 

[Ploshkin]

Feast your eyes boys - this is the first and definitely the last miniature bear that you will see come out of my sewing room!
It was, apart from DH's jacket, the most challenging thing I have sewn simply because of its size.   He's 3 1/2" tall when standing.  I know he's got a crooked nose and mouth but I love him to bits.  I didn't use the red, felt jacket because I thought the felt was too thick and stiff.  I will find something better for his neck, it is just a piece of organza ribbon that I had. It has actually made me want to make another bear but a more sensible size.
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[Acorn]

He's gorgeous!     If you give them straight noses and mouths they have no character.

[Flobear]

Fab U Lous @Ploshkin.   
And your old Teddy is looking good for his age 

[Iminei]

Oh! He is just divine !!!!

Well done! and those eyes are 1mm .... just saying kudos to the girl that can see sew 1mm beads!

[Ploshkin]

I couldn't get a needle through the beads - one pung off onto the floor and I found it!
I ended up picking each one up in a haemostat, locating the hole with the assistance of an LED head torch and magnifying glass and threading a piece of linen thread through (fine but stiffish and strong).  I had the bead captive then and threaded the 2 thread ends in a needle which I put through to the base of the head and knotted them.

[Flobear]

The instructions for mine claim that the eye beads are 2mm but they very definitely aren't. Mind you. I'm a long way off eye positioning!

[b15erk]

@Ploshkin , he is absolutely gorgeous!   

Well done for persevering! 

Jessie

[Flobear]

@Ploshkin, did you do anything different with his eyes in the end or simply use the beads?

[Ploshkin]

@Flobear I just used the beads but i coloured the thread black where it went through the bead and they looked better.
They probably are bigger than 1mm but they certainly aren't 2mm.

[sewminds]

@Ploshkin Oh my word!!!! He is totally adorable and look at that character you've captured!
You have totally rocked the 'tiny'... bravo! 

eta..gotta ask because those arm seams are superb...hand or machine sewn?

[Ploshkin]

All hand sewn @sewminds   A 2mm seam on shifty fabric would have been a nightmare with a machine.

[Celia]

He is lovely @Ploshkin well done, can’t wait to see his big brother