At the beginning of the 21st century, the teddy bear became a cult soft toy. In America and Western Europe the bear got his name "Teddy". This name is traditionally associated with the name of Theodore Roosevelt - US President.
Although at present, for the production of toy bears, plush is not always used, nevertheless, the definition of "teddy bear" was fixed in Russian. This is one of the most popular toys that you can make yourself. How to make Teddy bear your own? For real needlewomen this process will not be very difficult.
To make a bear Teddy will need the following materials:
- A piece of mohair or textile-based artificial fur (50x70 cm).
- Granulate - 400 gr.
- 350 gr. synthetic fluff.
- Argolitic hinged disks: on legs 4 pcs. diameter 4.5 cm, on the hands 4 pcs. diameter 3.5 cm, head 2 pcs. 3 cm in diameter.
- Glass eyes on a 10 cm diameter loop.
- A set of fasteners: bolts and nuts (4-5 pieces), washers (10 pcs.).
- Twisted thread, mulina or iris, to create paws and nose.
Work process
- On the underside of the pile fabric special tailor's chalks carry a ready-made pattern.
- On the planned lines are cut with the help of tailor's scissors details. The allowance for seams has already been laid in the template.
- The details are sewn with strong threads either by hand sewing or by machine stitching.
- On each part, on the back of the paws and back (points EE1) necessarily leave small unshielded areas.
- The details of the legs and hands on the front side are turned out through non-sewn areas and filled with the available stuffing material. You should fill your head with the tip of your nose, you need to fill it tightly, so that there are no lumps and voids.
- Elements of fastening are inserted through unshielded sections of legs, head and hands.
- The remaining parts are filled after the fasteners are inserted. Unshielded sections of hands, feet and head are stitched with a sufficiently strong double thread by a secret seam .
- Legs, hands and head - ready-made parts - are inserted into special holes on the trunk through an unshielded area protruding from them with a bolt. In this case, the trunk should not be stuffed. On the template, the fixing points are indicated by the "L" point.
- The protruding bolts of the limbs from the inner part of the body are tightened by means of a hinged disk with a nut and washer.
- The twisted nut must be fixed: the protruding bolt is wound with a thick reinforced thread and knotted with a knot, which then is applied with a thick layer of PVA glue and left to harden, that is, until the glue completely dry.
- After stitching the limbs with the body, the body is filled with stuffing material.
- After the body is full, the unshielded patch on the back is sewn by hand with a double-sided fillet.
- The finished bear undergoes additional processing with the technique of cutting (limb and muzzle), embroidering the mouth, nose, paws, eyebrows. For embroidery, use thick threads or a floss. At the same time, the thread composition should be 100% cotton (preferably).
- In the last turn, eyes are sewn. On the ready head is fitting. Try to find the most interesting position of the eyes, so that Teddy bears as if "talking". After such places are found, they are marked. On the marked points of a thick reinforced filament with the help of a long needle, eyes are sewn. In this case, the needle must enter the seam on the occipital part and exit at the marked point. Twenty centimeters of loose thread should remain on the back of the head, this is necessary for the final stretch. We grab the eye of one eye, direct the needle to the marked point of the second eye, while grabbing the eye of the second eye. The needle must enter and exit at the same points. After the second eye is sewn, the needle is passed to the same place on the back of the head, where a loose thread hangs. Then, with the help of a plier, eye pins are pressed and pierced into the head. The eyes should be snug against the head. Hanging on the nape of the two ends of the thread (must come from a single point), tied to two knots and a needle is passed to their point. The formed knot is hidden inside the head, and the ends of the remaining threads are cut with scissors, with the scissors slightly pressed on the head, this will cut the threads so that the cut is in the head.
- Give the bear some accessories and give him a name!