12.1

Ailin is a red panda who is 14.5" tall and made with black, brown, white, gold and grey alpaca. 6-way jointed with a double neck joint. Wired arms and legs, Lockline spine. Black German glass eyes with needle felted lids, Hand modeled nose and claws with open/close mouth, sculpted muzzle and paws. Filling from sheep's wool and soft pellets.

Silke Hirschfelder

The Mountaineers - Germany

12.2

Ai Li is a OOAK bear measuring 13" and created from black and white plush synthetic fur with matching ultra-suede paw pads. 5-way jointed and filled with a combination of poly-fil and pellets. Face is needle and scissor sculpted. Hand-embroidered perle cotton nose is lightly waxed and shaded. German glass eyes accented by light shading. Ai Li wears a red/white organza ribbon bow embellished with novelty trinkets including a Chinese coin. 

Brenda Parker

BrendaBears - United States

12.3

Darcy 16" design bear made from a dense curled mohair.  He has been gently distressed with some light shaving and plucking on his paws, toes and ears.  Matte black glass eyes, hand painted detail to his face and a waxed black nose. Darcy has a wobble jointed head and he's been softly filled with polyester fibre and steel weight. Wool felt paw pads and stitched claws.

Ng Hang Ngar Hilda

Hilda Ng - Hong Kong

12.4

Serenity is 11" tall standing. Completely hand sewn using two shades of Tissavel Faux Fur. The material was completely lined with strong cotton backing and her paw pads are made with Ultra-suede. Serenity has a wobble-jointed neck, and setscrew-and-locknut jointed legs. Stuffed with Poly-fil and weighted with copper-coated steel shot enclosed in a mesh pouch to prevent the beads from wandering. Nose was embroidered with Perle cotton and hand-shaded, then heavily sealed with beeswax. Black glass eyes.  Her muzzle and facial features have been scissor-sculpted and thread sculpted.

Christie Kotz

The Peach Peddler Bears - United States

12.5

Redmond is a 17 1/2 inch Red Panda. Made from alpaca mohair using several shades to achieve his look. 5-way jointed with a wired tail. He has tufted pulled toes with Ultra suede. Glass eyes that have added accents. Scissor sculpted and air brushed details.

Diana L. Watts

Dibears - United States

12.6

Sheenu is 19" tall and made from a 1" long, soft Alpaca. The rust color with hand dyed cocoa brown. Old leather paw pads. Black glass eyes and an embroidered perle cotton nose. She's a very heavy bear filled with poly pellets and poly-fil. She wears a hand carved, wooden heart on her necklace.

Marilyn Wagner

Quilts-N-Critter - United States

12.3
Darcy

12.4
Serenity

12.5
Redmond

12.6
Sheenu

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