
Keep us posted on your project - I'd love to follow along.

Incidentally, I Googled "memory bear" and saw that there is a plain fabric (old shirt, etc.) one shown, priced at $50 on Etsy. Use pattern to cut 2 pieces from blue polka dot fabric and 1 piece from double adhesive iron-on interlining. Be sure to document your project for your own brag book. HAT: Trace pattern for Teddy G's clown hat. Even if you plan a little ribbon somewhere, make certain that it is securely attached. Once you know if the baby is a boy or girl, plan your embellishments accordingly ensuring that no parts can come off and become a choking hazard. Thank you very much guys Check out this playli. Use it for the belly of the bear, but be sure to REMOVE any buttons and perhaps embroider little daisy petals where the buttons would normally attach. Hi guys, Welcome Back please help to support this channel by subscribe, watch, like, comment and share. You might want to sew closed the front halves of the sweater. Stuff with Polyfill, and label with some info as to the teddy's history and significance in your new grandchild's life. Reinforce your seams, clip curves, trim excess seam allowance, leaving a generous 1/4 inch. Proceed to assemble the pattern pieces from the pattern directions. Now, cut apart close to the fabric piece raw edges. until all fabric pieces are affixed to the wrong side of the sweater. Repeat with the next largest fabric piece, then the next largest, etc. Using a regular straight stitch in default length, stitch a scant 1/4 inch in from the fabric edge all around. Now overlay the largest pattern piece from the cut-apart fabric atop a single layer (wrong side) of the knit sweater. Lay out the whole sweater as flat as possible. Cut the fabric pieces apart, label with whatever (they're not going to show anyway when you're done).īecause the sweater is going to ravel uncontrollably when cut is what I'd try to prevent with this method: Grizzly bears stand around 1 m (3.28 ft) at the shoulder and may stand 2 m (6.5 ft).Grizzly Bears are up to 7 feet (2.1 m) long and weigh up to 1,500 pounds (680 kg).Tip of the nose to the tip of. Then trace the fabric outlines onto a solid (colored similar to the sweater) fabric with a felt pen, adding an extra 1/4 to 1/2 inch seam allowance for each piece.


Consider, perhaps, purchasing a pattern for regular fabric. I've never done anything like this myself, but it is an oh-so-sweet idea.
