07/08/2026
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Suzanne to make these adorable bears for her sons who are now 37 and 42 years young. Each bear had an outfit that was marked as important so I knew they had to be the centre of the bear.
The first bear has green eyes and the important piece was a pair of blue overalls with a train on them. The train was removed from the overalls and it was used for the body of the bear as well as the middle head piece and outer ears. I then attached the train to the front of the bear like it was on the overalls. The overalls also had blue and white stripes that I used for the inner ears. The straps of the overalls were removed and then sewn onto the bear to look like he is wearing the overalls. The face and arms came from a shirt and a little onsie. The shirt had the Kermit applique and the onsie had the helicopter applique these were used as the foot pads. These were placed on the same side of the bear to match where that outfit was used on the face. The legs were made using a baby blanket that was also included.
The second bear got blue eyes. The item that was marked important was the navy blue sailor outfit. First I had to remove the collar and neck tie as well as the pockets. I used the outfit to make the body, the outer part of the arms and the legs. The pockets were cut to size and sewn back onto the bear in a similar spot as on the original outfit. The collar was also cut to size and added back onto the bear to make it look like he is wearing the outfit. The front of the head, outer ears and the foot pads with the mouse came from a onsie. The inner arms, inner ears, back of the head and other foot pads were from another onsie.
I love how adorable these two came out. Thank you Suzanne for allowing me creative freedom with creating these.
Pattern for the bears is from Funky Friends Factory
