Terry Cloth Bruins

These bears are some of my absolute favorites. I put these bears and bear purses together in the same post because they were made from the same materials. I found this fabric at a fabric store rather than buying them from a company that sells bear fabric. This terry cloth doesn't fray like a normal towel would. It's fantastic to work with because you can pull and tug on it and it will allow you a lot of resistence as you stuff and shape the bear. It's a cream terry cloth and it's thick, just like a towel. I trimmed the fur around the eyes so they become more pronounced.  These bears range in size from 2-1/2 inches to 3-1/4 inches tall.  It would be impossible to make a bear much smaller than 2-1/2 inches because the terry cloth is too thick to turn on a smaller bear.  The terry cloth is very soft, as you would imagine a soft towel to be. It's such a unique material to make bears from that I have not seen any other bear artists who have made a terry cloth bear other than me. Some of these bears have cream ultrasuede paw pads and only one of these has dark brown, to match the nose on the bear. Also, with the terry cloth, it's easy to mold and sculpt the face because it hides the stitches well within the "fur".