1.

Bridgette

OOAK mohair bear only 5 ¾” tall.  5-way jointed. cotter pin

jointed head allows her head to bobble a bit! Her body is made

by a method of faux crazy quilting, hand-tinted and colored. 

She is then dressed in layers that complement each other

and beading is added for adornment.  She carries her little

bear, Boshi, in her tiny purse.  Bridgette's eyes are glass

and her nose is carefully hand-embroidered .

Whimsy Moon Designs

Angela Jarecki

2.

Madame DuBeary

Artist's comments: I don't make drawings when planning my

bears. Instead, I work to an image I have in my mind's eye. 

I can't stop working, adding, changing, taking away, until the

esthetic sense that connects to that mental image, is satisfied. 

It is as if a final piece of a puzzle is laid in place. Then, I know

instinctively, the piece is finished.  Madame DuBeary, bold

and daring in her choice of fashion, wears a vibrantly hued

gown crocheted of gorgeous, soft as silk, hand-dyed, cotton

thread in a multitude of delicious colors, over her one-piece

white camisole/knee-length pantalets.  Her lacy camisole

peeks out coquettishly above her bodice, in 18th century

fashion. Her chapeau is the height of style, with it's brim

upturned on one side, roses, beads, rhinestone, and feathers. 

Her ensemble is enhanced by a flirtatious fan with filigree

handle, trimmed with a sapphire-colored swarovski crystal.

A beautiful glass bead/swarovski crystal necklace completes

the look.  5-3/4 tall, Madame DuBeary was crocheted from

fine angora mohair.  She has black glass eyes, long eyelashes,

crystal beauty mark beside her left eye, cotter-pin/disk jointed

head, and thread jointed arms.  Her body and legs are crocheted

in one piece from the neck down, with a shapely feminine form,

and the legs are wired for posing. 

Sue Pendleton

4.

Damy

Artist's comments: I have a passion for knitting, and I knitted

this Sunday dress which led me to create the perfect, little bear

to wear it! 3" tall, crocheted from Magic thread, brushed for a

softer, furry look.  5-way jointed, disk-jointed head, stuffed with

wool and steel shot for extra weight to help her stand on her own.

embroidered and shaded facial futures and claws, embroidered,

waxed and polished nose.

ThReAdTeDs
Berta Hesen-Minten

5.

Baby Bijou

5 1/2" tall, all dressed up and looking for some place to go!
Made from gorgeous charcoal Alpaca mohair, Shaded to

enhance character, ultra suede paw pads, special center

seam design, 5-way disc jointed, large black glass eyes

with tiny white accents. hand embroidered nose. wired arms

for extensive posing, come with her removeable little red

dress and  matching bow atop her head.

6.

Akina

Artist's comments: I found a very small scrap of fabric

from a dress my mom had in the 60's and I was very

tempted by the unusual combination of bright orange,

hot pink, green and white. I played with it, combining

vintage orange rayon and peaches-and-cream long pile

fabric.  This is a very unusual piece for me, for many

reasons. I didn't have a specific idea in mind when I

started and that was probably a limit in designing the

bear, but gave me a lot more freedom to experiment.

I tried new things, such as eyelids and painted eyes.

The colors are also unusual, becouse I'm more attracted

to earth and blue tones. Akina is made with peaches-and-

cream long pile fabric and bright orange vintage rayon.

She's built over a wire armature.   Brown glass bead eyes

with eyelids, partially painted. Vintage cotton dress with

glass beads,  crocheted scarf and flower accents.  She's

only 5,5 cm high.

I Piccolini
Gaia Bordicchia

7.

Priscille

5” tall, cinnamon brown mohair, dressed in plum and white

striped seersucker with straw hat trimmed with pink and

white flowers.  5-way jointed, safety eyes, ultra suede

paw pads, olyester and wool stuffing, Limited Edition

of 100 pieces.  Inspiration: Priscille was inspired by one

of the pioneer bear-makers of New Zealand.

Robin Rive

8.

Agnes

Artist's comments: The inspiration for this piece came from some

white fabric I thought would be perfect for a Lamb and once I found

the little rubber shoes, it naturally followed that it would be a girl

lamb.  It was a nice challenge to combine a crocheted muzzle

with a fabric head and to work with wire armature, similar to those

I'm using on cloth dolls.  Made with cotton nubby fabric, crocheted

limbs, ears and muzzle, built over wire armature, so she is fully

posable. Brown glass bead eyes, rubber blue shoes and felt dress.

She's 7 cm tall.

I Piccolini
Gaia Bordicchia

12.

My Favorite

Artist's comments: I wish it was possible for everyone to hold

and feel this little Ted.  He is totally wobble jointed, not with

disks and cotterpins as usual, but with disks and teeny tiny

ball joints making him very  poseable.  No other joint can pose

and move better than ball joints.  3.5" long, facial details and

claws are embroidered and shaded, waxed nose, big feet and

big round tummy, stuffed with wool and steelshot for nice weight.

Everyone has something favorite and for Teddy, it is his artist

handknit sweater.  Little bear head added to the front of the sweater. 

Ted loves to cuddle it and pulls the sweater out of shape as

he does so. 

ThReAdTeDs
Berta Hesen-Minten

13.

Serendipity

Artist's comments: To me, Serendipity represents the perfect

image of what the Faerie of Needlework, would look like! Perhaps

you've noticed her presence, though you didn't actually see

anyone -- an unusually difficult row of crochet or knitting stitches

just happened to come out right, even though you could have

sworn you had miscounted.  Or, the nose on the latest bear

came out just right; how did that happen?  Just a tiny sprinkling

of her fairy dust, and the frustration is forgotten, only the soothing

satisfaction remains.  3-1/4" tall, crocheted from lace-weight

mohair, soulful brown glass eyes, embroidered and shaded features,

cotter-pin and disk-jointed head, arms and legs thread jointed. 

She wears finery fit for a fairy, crocheted in vibrant rainbow

shades of softest hand-dyed cotton, enhanced with tiny glass

beads.  Her pretty lhead is crowned with a hat fit for a princess,

made with rounds of colorful crochet, beads, and topped with

spectacular Czech glass button.

Sue Pendleton

14.

Sweetheart

Only 3 inches tall. fully jointed, disk jointed head, made

from very nice mohair blend.  Facial futures are embroidered,

nose embroidered and waxed, mini knitted dress, knitted

by artist in blue color matching to her wonderful blue eyes. 

An embroidered flower decorate her dress and head. 

15.

Danika

Stands 5" tall, made from different furry threads, 5-way

jointed, filled with steel shot for weight, face is partially

needle felted and finished with gentle shadings of brown

and black, blue eyes handpainted by artist.