FREE PATTERN TO MAKE A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS BEAR teddyCOLLECTABLE BEARS AND OTHER FURRY FRIENDS bear £5.99 DEC/JAN 2019 n ISSUE 238 www.teddybeartimes.comtimes oes Celebrate KNIT A SACK Christmas FOR YOUR with Steiff Teddy Companion TEDDY GIFTS & Merrythought Mini Edward from The Toy Shoppe n Festive quiz n Value your bear n Artist exclusives > 08 12 6 1759 90804 Gund’s Gorgeous Grahm 7 9771759 908046 > 97 2 TEDDY BEAR TIMES 46 December / January 2019 ● Issue 238 To reach us: Call +44 (0)1903 884988. the inside track Or write to: The Editor, Teddy Bear Times, PO Box 2258, PULBOROUGH RH20 9BA Great Britain 4 TEDDY BEARZAAR 30 SHOW SCENE email: [email protected] Bear news and views Hugglets Teddies 2018 Website: www.teddybeartimes.com US offi ce: Ashdown Inc., 68132 250th 8 MEET THE ARTIST 34 MIXING IT UP Avenue, Kasson, MN 55944, USA. Shabby-chic Tellybears Grange Hollow style Tel: 507 634 3143 email: usoffi [email protected] 12 ARTIST CELEBRATION 36 MEET THE ARTIST 26 years of Oz Matilda Bears Diana’s Merry Bears Editor: Jill Mundy email: [email protected] 16 TOY SHOPPE EXCLUSIVES 40 GINOS BEARS US Editor: Lauren Nielsen Meet Teddy Companion Wishing on a star Email: [email protected] Advertisement sales: 18 ARTIST CELEBRATION 41 FESTIVE BEAR GALLERY UK offi ce: Maria Fitzgerald Two decades for Tyler Seasonal bruins and friends Email: [email protected] US offi ce: Sara Vix 22 MEET THE ARTIST 44 COLLECTABLE BEARS Email: [email protected] Visit AutumnWood with us Superhero SuperTed Design: Richard Jennings & Wendy Crosthwaite 26 WHERE I WORK 46 NEW BEAR ARTIST Subscriptions: Studio Casa Meva Get to know Shells Bears UK: [email protected] 28 OLD BEARS 48 BEAR DOCTORS US: usoffi [email protected] Published by ashdown.co.uk. ISSN 0961 - 0944 Try our festive quiz Fred Bear’s big adventure Distributed to the newstrade by Comag. 54 MATERIAL WORLD Subscription prices: One year: (6 issues) UK £42; US $74.99. A guide to fabric options European and worldwide prices will be 56 DEAR JULIE adjusted to local currencies. See online Eyes to give a bear soul for details at www.teddybeartimes.com or please call +44 (0)1903 884988. All of our 58 MAKE A BEAR subscriptions are handled by us at TBT. Christmas Bear pattern www.teddybeartimes.com 64 MINI SANTA SACK Postmaster: Send address corrections to Ashdown Inc, 68132 Seasonal knitting 250th Avenue, Kasson, MN 55944, USA. Canada Post Interna- tional Publications Mail - Sales Agreement No. 546038. 66 BEAR ARTIST ON TOUR All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without the Truffl e McFurry visits Yorkshire written permission of the publisher is prohibited. All editorial contributions are welcomed by Teddy Bear Times but material is accepted solely on the basis that the author accepts the as- 70 GIFT IDEAS sessment of the Publisher as to its commercial value. What’s on your Christmas list? All material submitted to the magazine for publication in whatever form is accepted solely on the basis that copyright 72 BEAR VALUATION in the work will be vested in the publisher who assumes all rights worldwide, in all forms and in all media. What the experts look for © copyright ashdown.co.uk 76 REAL BEARS Protect the spirit of the bear 2 TEDDY BEAR TIMES 22 a beary big welcome By the time you are reading this issue of TBT, most of us will be in a festive mood - hopefully it’s a good one! I don’t like the fact that as soon as the children go back to school in Septem- ber, the shops start getting the Christ- mas displays ready…it’s far too early. However, come mid-November, I am keen to have a wander past the shelves and shop windows, making lists and gathering gift ideas. Of course there is always a bear or two on there! If you are stuck for ideas for your loved ones, we have some seasonal beary suggestions for you, plus a gallery of bears dressed in all their festive fi nery. The Bear Doctors are looking forward to down- 8 ing tools until the new year but not before they have shared their latest repair stories. Test your own knowledge of old bears with our quiz or take a trip down memory lane with SuperTed. There is still plenty of time to make our Christ- mas Bear pattern, supplied by Barbara Ewing, and the knitters among you might like to whizz up a few mini Santa sacks for your bears or beary friends. If the festive season leaves you cold, then there is so much more inside this issue - we hope you enjoy it. 44 Well that just leaves me space to wish you all a happy holiday season and lots of beary good things for the coming year! Till next issue 16 Jill & the team 79 BOOKS COVERED Something for the bookshelf 80 SHOW SCENE The Cornwall Bear Fair 81 ALL CLUED UP Have your collection featured in Bear identifi cation TBT. We’d love to see your favourite BEARY LAST WORD bears. Email [email protected] 82 for more details. Dropping helpful hints TEDDY BEAR TIMES 3 THE TEDDY BEARZAAR BEAR AND CRITTER NEWS, GOSSIP, FASHION, AND MORE. EMAIL [email protected] Award winning bears Christmas joy Since we featured the bears from These wonderful bears by GarJar Australian artist Barbara Ewing in is- Bears and Bear My Sole are just a sue 234, Barbara has been winning taster of what you can see in our accolades and awards. She was keen Festive Bear gallery. Thank you to to share this photo of ‘Aussie Bear’ all of the talented artists who sent (what else could he be!?) who won fi rst in images following our Facebook place in his category in a bear and request - we’re just sorry we doll competition in a small town called didn’t have room to include them Hahndorf in Adelaide, Australia where all! she lives. Already delighted with fi rst place, Barbara was thrilled when he was also awarded ‘Best in Show.’ Barbara has kindly supplied the pat- tern for her Christmas Bear for you to make for your own hug; see page 58. TBT on tour Where do your bears read TBT? As you can see, we get around a bit. Emmy, a pink Char- lie Bear, is keen to read over owner Tara’s shoulder. Tara was attending her brother’s wedding in the Philippines and lucky Emmy was also invited. Thanks for the photo Tara - it looks like you both had a lovely holiday! ThReAdTeDs’ Magic! The soft Magic yarn is so lovely to work with. Berta recommends using a marker to Mini teddy bear kit designed by Berta Hesen- denote the start of each round and I defi nitely Minten, ThReAdTeDs. I was very excited to found this helpful. receive my pack of ThReAdTeDs’ Magic yarn I would say that a little crochet experience is through the post, along with the instructions to required but have a go - you will be pleasantly crochet a little bear friend. The pack contains surprised how soon you will have a lovely, two different coloured balls of yarn, pattern soft teddy bear companion. When you have instructions and a list of all the extras needed completed your bear and brought him to life to complete your bear. with eyes and a nose, it’s time fore the ‘magic’. The photos alongside Berta’s instructions Brushing the bear will change his ‘fur’ from are wonderfully clear and helpful to someone sleek and smooth to fl uffy fi nery. not well-practiced in crocheting bears, like me. If you know someone who loves to crochet, Diagrams clearly show how to work each type they will be delighted to fi nd some ThReAd- of stitch so if you’re not familiar with the terms, TeDs Magic under their Christmas tree…or you can easily see at a glance. treat yourself www.threadteds.com 4 TEDDY BEAR TIMES WSPA name change Readers may not be Cover bears remains the same. aware that one of the and other wonderful Campaigning for Teddy Companion and his little animal charities we have creatures held captive a better life for bears friend Mini Edward are two of the featured in TBT several or caught up in disasters and other animals held latest commissions and collabora- times, WSPA (World So- around the world. in captivity, often in tions from The Toy Shoppe. Turn ciety for the Protection of You can help by appalling conditions, to page 16 to fi nd out more about Animals) is now known adopting a bear, making World Animal Protec- them. as World Animal Protec- a donation or taking part tion continue to run their tion. Feeling this better in their weekly lottery. sanctuaries in Romania explains what the charity Details of all they do can and Pakistan, as well as does, everything else How to Sew ‘M be found at www.world- c saving the lives of bears HOW TO SEW w animalprotection.org.uk Little Felt Little Felt Animals Bears, Rabbits, Squirrels and Awesome Aife Animals OOthere Woodlandoo Creaturese u es Sue Quinn Zoe Pope, who trades as Zoe Bears, has designed and created an amazing dragon puppet called Sue Quinn Aife. The articulated dragon is helping children with autism and PAWS FOR SEARCH PRESS also a children’s mental health charity. If the children love Aife THOUGHT SEARCHSEARCH P PRESSRESS half as much as we do, she’ll be one popular dragon! ‘You really Zoe’s son has autism and has been don’t have to Taster session quite taken with Aife.