*Bun' in the Garden*
A lovely sewing helper that is sure to brighten your day when threads are snapping and pins are poking..
Bun' is barely 2" high if you count her ears, and a wee 2.5" long. Entire cushion is barely 3" high, and almost 9" 'round. Sewn from re-cycled pink wool (used to be Chloe's dress!)...ric-rac trim is sewn around and I have made flower pins from the wool, yummy vintage-looking sequins, and pearl pins. An excellent addition your sewing nook!!
Everyone knows that Cindi is an excellent seamstress....
Though a wee 7" high (not free-standing), she is quite efficient and is most reliable...to say that she is "sought after" to mend blankies and the such is an under-statement!
Cindi is 5-way jointed and made of helmbold mohair. Her muzzle is hand-shaded. Her paws are made from the same pink re-cycled wool...her skirt is sewn from a vintage hankie and her eyes are antique shoe buttons...so many lovely old things make up this bear!
To assist Cindi, she travels with a strawberry emery mounted on a vintage thread spool...it's 2.5" high, and is covered in dainty pale green beads...a heart shaped pin and wool leaves and silk petals complete this sweet addition.
*Sarah Sails*
a One of a Kind Bear
I am so happy with how this Bear turned out! I have had a tiny bit of her dress fabric in my stash for a few years, and finally made something special enough to use it up!~~it's a 40s looking polka-dot print, with tiny stars scattered over the back-ground and a crescent moon and anchor on each polka-dot...tiny crochet lace trims the dress perfectly...
Sarah is 8" high, 5-way jointed and made of sparse Helmbold mohair...her muzzle and paws are hand-shaded and her eyes are antique shoe buttons. (Paws and pads are 100% wool felt...) She's stuffed with polyfill, excelsior, and steel shot.
I have crocheted a hat especially for Sarah~~ it even has a hole cut into it to fit 'round her right ear!! It's made of wool yarn and has a ribbon woven through the edging...felted a bit for fitting, and then a vintage button (pinned on) makes the hat "just so". Bear, dress, and hat have been carefully aged and antiqued..Sarah's details are carefully recorded onto an Americana tag created by Lori, of Vintage Palette.
Sarah has been made to look as if she's very old (she assures me this is not "an act")...we were discussing how loose her right leg is...Sarah was simply appalled at the idea that I would tighten or mend anything about her bearish person! She informed me that there is a specific reason that her right leg is as it is...
...it seems she was carried by it most of the time. These were some of her dearest memories (as she could sit right side up upon arrival...), journies she would take with her girl. Sarah sweetly explained that quite often things are not as they seem~~ while I had assumed she would like her leg to be tightened up, in fact she would not as it reminds her of her girl and their adventures.
Sarah has a story about her hat, her dress...even the button pinned onto her hat ribbon...and she will tell you each of them upon her arrival, at your convenience!
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