3 new bears

This is Seth a new bear made from a viscose faux fur. This fabric comes from the German factory where the mohair is made for the Steiff bears. It is lovely & soft & wonderful to work with.
Seth is 5 way cotter pin jointed with black safety eyes.
His pads & inner ears are brown handmade felt.
Below is Sykes made from the same fabric as Seth, he is also 5 way cotter pin jointed with black leather shoe button eyes. His pads & inner ears are made from faux cashmere.
The last bear is Winston. He is made from a black faux fur with vintage velvet paws & innner ears. He has blue English glass eyes, & I have embroidered his nose with blue & black embroidery silk.
I have almost finished a bear made from a grey faux fur, along the same lines as Winston & he will most likely be called Churchill.

Midhurst Christmas show

On the weekend of the 26th & 27th November I did 2 shows. the first being at Midhurst, the second at Southampton University.
Over the course of the weekend 12 bears were adopted, which really made my weekend.
The photo you see is of a new stand that my husband made for me. It enables me to display the bears & the painted items together, which was a resounding success judging by the amount of stock I managed to sell.