Bounty - available now

This sweet big girl is 'Bounty' - so named because her colours remind me of toasted coconut and milk-chocolate. She was made as a custom request, but didn't end up like the commissioning collector had imagined - so she is now available for general adoption.

She is made in hand-dyed long pile alpaca, fully jointed and stands just over 22" tall. She has big, 3D feet and hands and comes with both necklaces you see in the photos.

If you'd like to read more about her, head on over to her listing on our website. We also have a little bit of this hand-dyed choc mix alpaca left too if you'd like to make your own coco-nutty-chocolatey ted!

Toddler Rupert

How gorgeous is this big boy!? He was made a few weeks ago as a custom bear - and I totally forgot to share his photos here! We used our standard large 22" Toddler design (not released), and a piece of very dense Helmbold mohair/viscose fur. This was the very last piece of this exact colouring, and we're nearly sold out of the other colours in the range - but you can still find the 'Choc Swirl' , the 'Olive Swirl', and the 'Tan Swirl' in our store.

Flame

This little explosion of fur is 'Flame'. We had a tiny bit of this vibrant red mohair left over from a Christmas bear made a few years ago, and decided to see what could be done with it. The original intention was not for a lion-bear, but as he came to life it became obvious that that was exactly what he was.

We've called him 'Flame', and he's currently available for adoption on our website:

Two new custom bears - Panther Pink and Firework

The last few days of work this week have been spent finishing up these two cuties. Both custom ordered heading off to the UK. Both made using our 12" Sugar pattern, but both VERY different looking bears! 

This little pink girl here has been made using a piece of our new 'Fucshia Leopard' short faux fur. We used a white contrast of mohair for her face to help her features stand out a little better (patterned fur fabrics like this can make it a bit hard to see the eyes and nose if a plain coloured contrast isn't added). And because we wanted to use more of the pink faux fur trimmed back for her paw pads (to get the best 3D toe effects) rather then the white mohair (which doesn't stretch as much), we decided to give her a little chest-insert of white mohair to help balance the colour. Otherwise the white may have looked a little out of place. 

The result is a very sweet little bear. 

And this little honey of a teddy is 'Firework'. His commissioning collector requested that he not have the white face-insert (which i usually would have done as the colours in this fur (our 'Cyber Pop') are quite intense as well). But the result is still quite balanced despite not using the insert. We were strategic in the placement of the facial pattern pieces, trying to catch as much of the pink colour as we could to help his eyes and nose show up. We gave him over-sized eyes and a darker nose, and left his cheeks a little longer then usual.

The fur is so long that it can be styled in lots of ways too, each giving him a totally different look. So he is a versatile little bear. Because we used our standard 12" Sugar pattern without altering it (like we did for the Fucshia bear above), we can offer kits for this little guy.

He will only ever be one of a kind as made by us here at Emma's Bears, but if you would like to have a go at making one like him you're most welcome. It's just good to keep in mind that working with faux fur this long is a challenge, and it can be very hard to embroider noses as the fur has a tendency to get caught up in the strands of thread. A good solution to this would be to give your bear a 'saftety nose' instead, then you'd only have to worry about setting the eyes and sewing on the ears.

Premmie Addison Adorabelle

Another sweet premmie-sized baby bear has just been finished. We called her Addison Adorabelle!

Chloe

                This is sweet little Chloe - a custom order we completed over the weekend. :)

Toddler Elijah James - available now

For once we actually have a bear that has stayed available for long enough for me to blog about it! lol!

This big boy is made entirely from long pile, very dense alpaca - a chestnut brown for the majority of his body, with hints of white for his cheeks and inner ears. He's heavily weighted, 22" tall with big black glass eyes and a hand-embroidered chestnut perle cotton nose. His hands and feet have our 3D toe effect with furry tufts between the pads. He is cuddly, and soft and able to be dressed in real baby clothing - so you can shop for him and change up his outfits. And being a nice neutral brown colour - he'll suit just about any outfit you can find!

He's currently available on our website.