Friday and Teddy Bears

At the end of friday, my colleague left a little note with a "me to you bear" image and good wishes for next working week for every coworker to see on Monday. She left one on my table too, but I had to promise I won't sneak a peak until the Monday.

While she was making them, I got a huge push for an idea, which was sitting somewhere in the back of my mind - to make my own teddy bear. On that evening I looked up only few tutorials how to make your own teddy as I was still at work.

Today I pushed my idea even bit further - I looked up not only patterns and more tutorials, but also talked with my mother about some old coats we had. We have multiple old fur coats from bunnies, foxes and fur seals and some fake fur coats at the country cottage. Some of them are really old, but still looks good. Mother doesn't want to throw them out as she things they could get a second life as fur vest, pillow... or as a teddy bear. But that's another story...

As for handcrafted teddy bears, I got
Patterns: 
 63 Free Teddy Bear Patterns
Tutorials:
How to make a teddy bear from fur coat (youtube)
And idea for materials:
Old fur and fake fur coats and towel material
Materials for decorating the teddy:
Lot of ribbons

Now I need to put my hands on missing materials and get the "click". And then it would be only matter of few days and my first teddy will look at the world with bright eyes.