Making Adorable Teddy Bears: From Anita Louise's Bearlace Cottage

by Anita Louise

Book Overview

"A professional designer and dealer in handmade bears, Crane gives patterns and step-by-step instructions for a dozen styles of bear, with hints for dressing them in baby or doll clothes....The finished bears are photographed in colorful settings of lace and flowers....Delightful guide for creating an antique-style bear at a fraction of the cost of an original. Recommended."--LJ. "...oh-so-cute how-to book on fashioning these cuddly dolls from scratch....Each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806909935
• ISBN13: 9780806909936
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This is a great book. I have made 2 bears from the patterns which are full size and each has come out beautifully. Very nice clear instructions to make beautfiul heirloom bears.

A must for Teddy Bear lovers !!!

This is a beautiful book with pages of photographs of teddy bears in wonderfully posed scenes. It is also very informative with lots of tips and tricks for making and displaying your bears. Plus, there are lots of full size patterns inside, to make a variety of heartwarming bears. It's just a wonderful book.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!

This book is well written. Instructions are very clear and easy to understand. The pictures are beautiful. Patterns are extremely well done. The bears I have created from this book were fantastic and truly adorable!

A must-have book for bear makers and bear lovers alike!

This isn't just a book about making bears. Of course, it IS a book about making bears, with wonderful illustrations, full-size patterns and easy-to-understand directions, but it is also so much more. Each "antique" bear (and rabbit) has his or her own charming character, complete with hobbies and favorite attire. Along with the descriptions of each bear are beautiful photographs of the bears in their "natural" settings and at their favorite pasttimes. I think I like Webster the best, with his high-top boots and his "just in case" skeleton key hanging about his neck. Even if you never make a bear, you still need this book for its quaint English garden and old-fashioned cottage style photographs.