Product Review

At last, a new book from the author of Teddy Bear Art: How to Design and Make Great Teddy Bears. Jennifer Laing's newest book showcases 12 different animal patterns starting with Mortimer the Teddy Bear. In addition, it covers animals and fantasy characters from around the world including Philbert the Golly; Erik the Elf; Nils the Gnome; Ickabod the four-legged bear; Tom Collins the pack rat; Esme the elephant; Viola the monkey (or Claudia the chimp); Phoebe the panda; Bluegum the koala; Ethel the emu; and Reggie the rabbit. All animals can be made from a range of different fabrics and styles with ideas for variations. The author provides techniques to give the animals open mouths and realistic tongues, whiskers and tufted eyebrows, waxed noses, extra joints for increased pose-ability, wired ears, toes and tails. 12 Full-sized patterns. 19 Color photos.