Onward and Upward

Now that the angel is done I can move on to (or back to) my regular bearing. Although that meant making a lion. He's not quite finished yet; I want to wax his nose and haven't decided if I'm going to color his face in a little more.

I'm getting ready to make a big bear. That's so strange since I've been using up all my scraps. I'm going to cut it out at Linda's (my local bear friend) house today. I also have a little wild bear cub to finish but I don't want to take all the paraphenalia with me.

Ken (DH)wants me to teach bearing when I get to Uvalde. The premise is good but there is so much equipment that one needs just to finish a bear I don't know if people would be willing to buy it just to make one bear. We'll see.

Angel

I finished the bear for Teddy Bear and Friends. I'm okay with the finished project although it was agony putting it together. I would have changed so many things. As always I second guess myself thinking that I could have used differnt mohair or I might have needlefelted the feet, etc. Maybe if I had seen the posting when it first came out I would have been able to spend more time on it. As it was I only had less than a week to finish it. Maybe they'll do a little air brushing on her like they do in the fashion magazines? I did learn a new skill. I made angel wings by taking two pieces of Solvay with bits of yarn and mohair in between the layers and then stippled with metallic thread. I think those turned out rather nice.

Now I'm working on another lion. I need to take pictures of a couple of bears to get them on my website. One of these days a buyer might stop buy. Although that's not my main concern. I enjoy the creative process and being able to take scraps of mohair and make a bear or a friend out of it.

Sticking To The Subject

While on my bike ride this morning I decided that maybe my Mohair Musings should be only about bears since that's what my profile says. So, I made another blog to contain the rest of my life; no matter how small. It's call Southwest Sidelights.

As for bears I think I'm out of my slump. I've changed one big bear into a small one and so far a cute bear. I always hold my breath until one is finished because I fall in love with them before they're completely stuffed and then have a sort of a grace period after they're finished. I can't explain why they look more lifelike without the stuffing in their bodies then when the stuffing is in them.

I've also got a chance to be in Teddy Bear and Friends magazine. Mindy Kinsey (Editor) sent out an e-mail asking for help with her project for the December magazine. Everyone participating will make the same pattern but decorate it like an angel. Should be interesting.