My First Teddy Bear

Lucas and I are proud to announce the arrival of our first homemade teddy bear. He has no name yet, and he is very pitiful. As my mother pointed out (in a constructive fashion), he appears to be hand-sewn (though I did a good bit on the machine) and I did not use matching thread. It's my first attempt - I was in a hurry and pink is what was in the machine. Then that ran out so I grabbed blue. I personally think his head's too big for his body, but he is precious to me and I love him anyway. It was a pattern I found on the web from some French person, who referred to knots as "nods" and introduced me to a section I never knew existed at Hobby Lobby: doll joints. You read that right - his arms and legs move and his head even turns. (I know, I know...Superwoman!) And seeing how he's so tiny but I bought enough fur for a larger bear pattern that I started out with, it looks like all the cousins will get bears for their birthdays and any upcoming holidays!

I also see now why I never had any romantic pictures taken with my newborn babies wearing nothing while I wear a white gown and gaze at them with an awed expression - I was going for that here but it came out looking quite vacuous. Not invoking "what an angel the Lord hath blessed me with" but "Yuk yuk! Looky-here what I done got!" (the latter spoken in Goofy's voice)