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Teddy for baby!!

February 26, 2012

I finished Baby's bear this week.  This is about the limit to my craftiness at the moment with due date lingering and the way too warm weather.  My crafty time is mostly now spent sleeping or sprawled out on the couch!  But I am pleased I got this guy finished.
I used the same pattern I used for Juliette's bear (cream one below).  You can find the pattern here. I bought my mohair, joints and eyes here.
Here is Baby's bear pictured with Juliette's (left) and Isabella's (right).  They look like good friends already!

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Teddy making progress

February 16, 2012

My German mohair finally arrived last week and I have been slowly putting this bear together for our baby.  The colour is called coffee cocoa and I am using the same pattern I used to make Juliette's bear. I am hoping they will look pretty different because of colour and the individual character that emerges when making a bear.  With only three weeks to go til baby is due, some quiet teddy making on the couch when the kids are asleep is about all the craftiness I can manage at the moment (especially on these hot days!).  Although, having said that, I am feeling an unncessary and self inflicted pressure to get the scrappy quilt finished before baby arrives - even though I intend on putting it in the girls' room. We'll see! 

I am linking up today with Our Creative Spaces.

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Little bear

February 09, 2012

I've been eagerly checking the mail box this week awaiting a package to make our baby a cocoa coloured teddy bear.  Each time I've opened the letter box and have only found bills and catalogues, boo hoo.  In the meantime, I decided to finish off this little bear that I started a while ago with some leftover mohair from my sister's stash.  He is about 13cm tall and is very fuzzy and cute!  He is sitting on baby's bookshelf and is looking very at home.  Apparantly my mohair is waiting for me at the post office so I can collect it tomorrow and get started! 

I'm linking up today with Our creative spaces.