Honey bear

When Eyal was born I made him a cat from the wonderful Pauline at FunkyFriendsFactory. Recently I signed up for her weekly newsletter, mainly to get the free pattern, Honey Bear.

I had heard that Cuddle, the minky fabric made by Shannon Fabrics is wonderful for stuffed toys.

Look what I found at Candy’s Quilt Emporium. She carries a lot of Cuddle and fake fur. For my first try, I wanted something as simple as possible.First let me say, there is fuzz with this fabric, but it wasn’t shedding all over the place.Paula has a simple trick for making sure the muzzle stays stuffed. Here he is, all put together, now to stuff! I have to say, two years ago I made a hippo out of knit fabric. I had seen the sample at a booth at Quilt Con. I guess I should have used interfacing, the thing grew and was completely out of proportion. The knit backing on the Cuddle isn’t like that at all, there is some give, but in general, stuffing was easy and I ended up with a nice firm little bear.Remember about a year and a half ago I made a flying bunny? That was Trapeze Bunny, unfortunately, he got lost before he was gifted. Such things happen. Anyway, the shape of this bear reminds me of that bunny.Look at that face! As much as I love keeping many of my stuffed creations, this fellow will be gifted to a new baby. Therefore I couldn’t use beads or doll eyes. I embroidered both the eyes and the nose.No sitting up here, but he sure is warm and cuddly. Yup, I put my name on him.And the back view.

Now, off to the website to see other patterns. I already bought a fox pattern, which I will probably make out of quilting cotton. I know for sure, I want to make more of these out of Cuddle or even the fake fur!

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