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Teddy Bear and Friends is a trustworthy, informative, visually exciting resource edited for the community of teddy bear collectors and makers. With every issue, Teddy Bear and Friends: · covers all aspects of collecting teddy bears, including what's new, who made it, and where to find it; · connects readers to bears and teddy bear people: fellow collectors, experts, artists, manufacturers, and vendors.

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This Month's Interviews & Features

  • A Lifetime Love: Fascinated with teddy bears since childhood, Tami Eveslage was a bear artist from the beginning.
  • Limelight: The Fluffwees™ from Boyds® by Enesco®
  • A Room of One’s Own: Visiting the home studios of several well-known teddy bear artists.
  • Creativity - A Renewable Resource: By making teddy bears, Jane Woodard recycles furs - and rekindles her own creative passion.
  • Saving the Planet One Teddy at a Time: How some teddy bear manufacturers are going greener.
  • Forget Me Not: Making timeless teddies is these sisters’ specialty.
  • Olympic Gold: Presenting the teddy bear delegation to the Beijing Olympics!
  • A Growing Guild: Using traditional ideas and modern methods, the Thread Artist Guild provides education and support to fiber artists.
  • TeddyCrafts - Sugar Bear: Judi Paul of Luxembears demonstrates her method of building a bear’s personality through careful construction and layers of accents. Follow along and make Judi’s basic bear, then add the level of details you like best - shading, needlefelting, or both! Plus! Two lucky readers can win Judi’s prototypes.

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