Vera Kondratyeva is a teddy artist from Kaluga, Russia. She makes one of a kind teddies and friends for collectors. All of her works are easy to distinguish from others because of their unique characters and pattern. Read More
Category: Teddy Bear
Those Who Believe in Themselves are Free
This is a story of an extraordinary woman and a unique german company Steiff. The story of children’s dreams come true: As an energetic young girl, Margarete Steiff fought for her place in life, against much resistance. Read More
DIY: Artist Teddy bear Hedgehog Free Step by step TUTORIAL by SoftlyBearPaw
This is a Teddy bear Hedgehog free tutorial by SoftlyBearPaw. Teddy Hedgehog is 19cm tall while standing. Read More
Cuddly Toys History
A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from a textile, and stuffed with a soft material. In North American English they are variously referred to as plush toys, plushies, snuggies, stuffies, snuggled animals or stuffed animals while in British English they are soft toys or cuddly toys. Read More
Antique Teddy Bears
Michtom’s jointed mohair “Teddy’s bear” was very popular when first designed and remains so with collectors today. Fake bears look suspiciously new and unhandled: their noses are unworn, and their seams may be thick and uneven. All Ideal bears have jointed hips Read More
Amateur Teddy Bears
Teddy bears are a favourite form of soft toy for amateur toy makers, with many patterns commercially produced or available online. Many “teddies” are home-made as gifts or for charity Read More
History of Teddy Bear
A teddy bear is a soft toy in the form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the US and Richard Steiff in Germany in the early years of the 20th century, and named after President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, the teddy bear became an iconic children’s toy, celebrated in story, song, and film. Since the creation of the first teddy bears which sought to imitate the form of real bear cubs, “teddies” have greatly Read More