New toy

I hope you all got lots of pressies this Yuletide!

I have decided to treat myself. l have just picked up my new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.

This will beso so much better than carrying a big laptop when I go to fairs! :)

Going to have a play with it now and suss out how it all works!

I wish you all a fantastic new year!

Brightest blessings
Kat x

New - Freya the moon gazing hare

Freya is a my very first moon gazing hare.

Freya is approximately 9.5 " tall.
She is made from soft cream faux fur, and has cream ultrasuede inner ears.
Freya has black glass eyes and a perle cotton nose.

Her face and the tips of her ears have been carefully hand shaded to resemble an arctic hare.

Freya is five way jointed and is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre.
She also has some stainless steel balls in her tummy for extra weight.

Freya is one of a kind.

She is currently available and her adoption fee is £170.00 including postage.
Layaway available on request.

I hope you like her.

New Bear - Tyrian

Please allow me to introduce you to my latest bear, Tyrian.

Tyrian has black glass eyes, and is made with beautifully soft purple and pink faux fur, with black felt paw pads.

He is five way jointed. He is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in his tummy for extra weight.

He has a perle cotton embroidered nose, and his face has also been lightly shaded.

He is currently available from my website: www.brierleybears.co.uk


I hope you all like him x

GYTBE 2012

It was the Great Yorkshire Teddy Bear Event in Sheffield this weekend.




Saturday night was the gala dinner. There was a raffle and auction in aid of Sheffield Children’s hospital, which raised in excess of £600.

Then there was the awards ceremony for the Excellence in Bear Artistry Awards 2012.



I had a fabulous night!



Sunday was the show itself.

Cora went off to her new home within the first ten minutes, which was fantastic.



Quite a few bears came home with me though. Here is a picture of my stall.

All bears are still available (except Luna, the grey fluffy one on the left).



Full details of each bear can be found on my website www.brierleybears.co.uk, if you would like to adopt one of the bears, just send me an email at kat@brierleybears.co.uk

Layaway is available if you need to spread the payment out a little, just contact me to discuss details.

The Great Yorkshire Teddy Bear Event

I'm really looking forward to the Great Yorkshire Teddy Bear Event next Sunday (18th November)!

I have sussed out how to take card payments too.
By using PayPal and setting up a special show page on the website, I will be able to accept card payments.

Check out my show page for details of TGYTBE

Website overhaul

I have just completely re-designed my website.
There are things that still need a little tweaking, but please go and take a look.

www.brierleybears.co.uk

Please feel free to leave a comment in my guest book or on here, all feedback is appreciated.

French Teddy Awards

I have entered Luna and Eilir in the French Teddy Awards.

Voting is now open.

Go cast your vote now at:    http://www.french-teddy-awards.fr/

New bear - Sabrina

Please allow me to introduce you to my latest bear, Sabrina.

I was listening to 'Sabrina' by Inkubus Sukkubus when I finished her, and I think the name just suited her nicely.


Sabrina has black glass eyes, and is made with beautifully soft red/white & black mohair.

She is five way jointed. She is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in her tummy for extra weight.

She has a perle cotton embroidered nose, and her face has also been lightly shaded.

Sabrina is also wearing a rose quartz spiral necklace and a black pointy witches hat (not bad for a first attempt at hat making, even if I do say so myself).

I think she would make the perfect Samhain gift for someone!

I hope you all like her x

 

New bear - Silver

Silver is approximately 6” tall when standing. He is made from grey sassy fur.

He is fully jointed, filled with polyester fibre and also has some stainless steel ball bearings in his tummy for extra weight.

Silver has hand painted glass eyes and a black needle felted nose.

His face has been lightly needle-sculpted and hand shaded.

He is also wearing a silver bell around his neck.

 

 

I hope you like him x

New bear - Eilir

Eilir is approximately 7” tall when standing. He is made from black and white sassy fur.

He is fully jointed, filled with polyester fibre and also has some stainless steel ball bearings in his tummy for extra weight.

Eilir has hand painted glass eyes and a black needle felted nose.

His face has been lightly needle-sculpted and hand shaded.

GYTBE interview

I am exhibiting at the Great Yorkshire Teddy Bear Event on 18th November 2012.

The show's website has a featured artist section so you can all learn a little bit more about the exhibiting artists.

Here is a link to my interview: GYTBE blog & featured artists - Kat Vardy of Brierley Bears

New Bear - Rosalie

Rosalie is approximately 12” tall when standing. She is made from pink alpaca and has cream ultra-suede paw pads with embroidered toes.


Rosalie is five way jointed with a wobble-neck joint, and is filled with heavy-weight polyester fibre. She also has some stainless steel ball bearings in her tummy for extra weight.

Rosalie has hand painted glass eyes and a large brown perle cotton embroidered nose.

Her face has been lightly needle-sculpted, trimmed and hand shaded.

Rosalie is one of a kind and currently available from my website, www.brierleybears.co.uk.

GYTBE Raffle bear

Here is my latest bear. His name is Ruffles.

I am going to be donating him to the raffle in aid of Sheffield Childrens Hospital at The Great Yorkshire Teddy Bear Event on 18th November.

New sewing machine

I have just had my old trusty Singer sewing machine serviced. It is still good, but as it is around 50 years old I have decided that it needed replacing.

So, on Saturday I decided to treat myself to a new Pfaff Select 3 sewing machine. It's great! I love the dual feed!

Here it is

New bear - Cora

Cora is approximately 10” tall. She has bent legs and is designed to sit.

She is made from cream Schulte mohair and has brown cashmere paw pads.

Cora is fully jointed, with nuts and bolts and a wobble neck joint. She is filled with heavy-weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in her tummy for extra weight.

Cora has black glass eyes and a perle cotton embroidered nose. Her face has been lightly hand shaded, and has been lightly needle sculpted to give a little more shape to the muzzle.

Cora is wearing a little gold flower in her hair and a bell around her neck.

As with all of my bears, Cora is one of a kind.

 
She is currently available from my website: http://www.brierleybears.co.uk

I hope you all like her.

New bear - Humbug

Allow me to introduce Humbug.

Humbug is approximately 14.5” tall. He has bent legs and is designed to sit.

He is made from black and white Schulte mohair and has matching cashmere paw pads.

Humbug has black glass eyes. His eye patches have been needle-felted.

He is five way jointed. He is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in his tummy for extra weight.

Humbug has a needle-felted nose and mouth.

His face has also been lightly needle sculpted to give a little more shape to his muzzle.

Humbug is currently available from my website: www.brierleybears.co.uk

I hope you all like him x

New bear - Luna

Please allow me to introduce Luna. 

Luna is approximately 12" tall when standing.

She is made from very soft faux fur and she has ultrasuede paw pads, which match her fur beautifully.

Luna is five way jointed, with a wobble neck joint. She is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in her tummy for extra weight.

She has black glass eyes and has a large needle felted nose. Her face has been extensively scissor sculpted and lightly hand shaded.

Luna also has a white organza flower in her hair.

Luna has now been adopted.

I hope you all like her.

New Bear - Erebus

Erebus is approximately 11" tall when standing.

He is made from very soft faux fur and he has cashmere paw pads, which compliment his fur beautifully.

Erebus is five way jointed and is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in his tummy for extra weight.

He has black glass eyes with eye whites and has a large embroidered nose. His face has been extensively scissor sculpted and lightly hand shaded.

Erebus is one of a kind.

He will be available from Stonegate Teddy Bears from Sunday 25th March 2012.

New bear - Finley

Finley is approximately 15" tall when standing.

He is made from very soft faux fur and he has cashmere paw pads, which compliments his fur beautifully.

Finley is five way jointed, filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel balls in his tummy for extra weight.

He has black glass eyes and a large embroidered nose. His face has been extensively scissor sculpted and hand shaded.

Finley also has a growler and embroidered toes.

Finley is one of a kind.

He will be available from Stonegate Teddy Bears on Sunday 25th March 2012.

Latest bears head is stuffed and face is trimmed, eyes are sewn in and ears are pinned on. I'm using a beautiful black and purple faux fur for this one.

Now I am stuck, I have just run out of black thread and I have lost my favourite curved needle. It looks like it will be another couple of days until bear number two is ready.

It would appear that my needle has completely vanished. I remember it falling to the floor, but it isn't there. I have searched all the floor around my desk, searched my desk, made sure that it isn't just stuck in the chair, but it is nowhere to be seen.

I have just updated my facebook page so it now has timeline, www.facebook.com/brierleybears

Out of the three new bears that I am working on at present, bear number one is almost ready for stuffing, hopefully I will finish sewing the head tonight.

I am also hoping to do a website update as soon as I get the computer working again.

New bears started

Had a very productive day today. Three new bears cut out, one to be made from each of the three new furs I got last week.

Lucas

Lucas is approximately 12½" tall when standing.

He is made from very soft faux fur and he has ultrasuede paw pads, which compliments his fur beautifully.

Lucas is five way jointed and is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre.

He has black glass eyes, he also has a large embroidered nose and his face has been lightly hand shaded.

Lucas is one of a kind.

He is currently available from Stonegate Teddy Bears, York.

Granville

Granville is approximately 11" tall when standing.

He is made from grey mohair and his paw pads are made from silver ultrasuede, which compliments his fur beautifully.


Granville is five way jointed and is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre.
He also has some stainless steel ball bearings in his tummy for extra weight.
 
Granville has black glass eyes set atop white felt.

He has a large embroidered nose and his face has been lightly hand shaded.

Granville is one of a kind.

He is currently available from Stonegate Teddy Bears, York

Bran

Bran is approximately 10½" tall when standing.
He is made from beige mohair and has matching ultrasuede paw pads.

Bran is five way jointed with a wobble-neck joint, and is filled with heavy weight polyester fibre.
He has black glass eyes and and a brown perle cotton embroidered nose.

He has been extensively hand shaded, shaved and has sewn on patches to give him a scruffy, well loved look.

Bran is one of a kind.

He is currently available from Stonegate Teddy Bears, York.

Brierley Bears are now available from Stonegate Teddy Bears, York.
http://www.stonegateteddybears.co.uk/