Just in Time for Christmas!!

My Jaay Bears are available for purchase. If interested or if you have any questions, you can email me at LegzToyz@gmail.com , leave a comment here, or the fastest way is to leave me a private message via my facebook page. 

Hats and scarves were handmade by my daughter, Elle ♥ 

Do you know of a child in hospital or with serious illness that could use a surprise gift of one of my stuffies?? I would like to give back this Christmas by sending out a few pkgs to children in need of a serious bear hug *wink  You can contact me the same as above with info on the child you'd like to see receive a gift like this from a Secret Santa. 

John Deere & BFF Bears

I just finished this custom teddi-bear for a lady. She wanted the John Deere theme. I am so pleased she likes how it turned out. I will be tweaking a smaller bear for baby Kinsley to go with it. The material is lambskin fleece, and man oh man is it soft!

The BFF bear is for my Grand daughter. Making matching PJs for this one.

I have all of my Jaay Bears finished, and my daughter is hard at work knitting the hats and scarves.
Hope to post them for sale before month's end. I will be starting work on Christmas PJ's very soon. Will be posting pics so if you like them and want them in time for Christmas, you can order them as well!

These are the PJs I made to go with the bear. A long sleeve tshirt using the fabric to embelish a sugar skull on the tshirt and cropped bottoms with bottom slit and bow accent.

Jaay Bear in fur, 1st sample.

Here is the 1st Jaay Bear using the low pile faux fur. This is the Camel color. A little tweaking left here and there but over all I am super pleased with how Jaay Bear turned out. Imagine a Christmas color toque and scarf, and that is how you can order your Jaay Bear . There will be a limited number available in the four colors.

I will be making pajamas once I have these completed, My nurse gave me a blast yesterday when she saw how swollen my feet were.  She ordered me to stretch out with my foot elevated if I wanted to it to heal in a reasonable amount of time. Sooo, like it or not I am listening to her, with my daughter making sure I do lol.

I'll keep you up to date. I can't use my sewing machine right now. It helps if you can feel your foot when it's on the pedal lol.

Hope you like Jaay! If you have any suggestions, or spot something amiss, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Pajamaramadoodle-all-da-day-long!

Another 3am reveal ;)
Quilting is a big deal right now in the sewing world. Once upon a time you went to a fabric store and purchased material you saw and touched, by the foot/yard. Today, material is sold by the Fat Quarter(Picture a square cut in 4).If you went to ebay right now and searched for 'fat quarter', you'd probably find something like this....
                                                             
 This is called a Fat Quarter Bundle. You see the 2 fabrics on top are what I used to make the above sample. I bought this by winning the bid for approx $10 shipping included.  Since I bid and won on this, I've learned a great deal about the 'game'. This wasn't that great of a deal after all, but I don't regret the purchase, I definitely didn't overpay. So, I guess that's something :)
The next week or so I'll be playing with patterns in search of 3or4 pajama options for my Christmas Line. I'll be using flannel/flannelette unless you want a custom order using other fabric types. My Jaay Bears in these 4 colors; Camel, Black, White, Brown.

SOLID PLAIN VELBOA FAUX FUR SHORT PILE FABRIC

bigzfabric on eBay

My daughter messaged me from work all excited to tell me her boss let her have a whole stack of these boxes. The perfect size for a JaayBear wearing a Christmas toque (hat) and scarf, AND a matching hat in 'human' size ;)  Also, the next size up just in case you want to order two bears! The cost to ship these will be extremely minimal, which is majorly impressive given the outrageous shipping costs today.  

Okay, it's almost 4am Why does my brain get all creative in the middle of the night, It doesn't matter what I'm doing, blogging, writing....sewing..... *yawn.

Until next time,

         Play Nice & Be Safe!

*tuque/toque

noun  pronounced t-ew-k

~a knit winter stocking cap worn in Canada.

Jaay Bear gets Pajamas!

Here's the 1st stage of making a pajama pattern for Jaay Bear. This is made from scratch and is far from finished. Today was all about proportions and final size. Now that I have this pattern sized to fit I can use it to create PJ's for all of my Jaay Bears. The girls will be girlified, etc I noticed a couple of things about the bear itself I need to alter  eg. eyes lowered a bit, make sure the right ear is the one I use when cutting out final pattern to cardboard. Tomorrow I will send my daughter for proper stuffing and a few little things so I can start sewing with my machine. I will be putting together the fur bears.....
Stay tuned!



3am quick pic of nightie made for pattern    
       

Diva Dodo and friends

Introducing.... Diva Dodo

I changed up my original Dodo bird a little . 

The tail now resembles real feathers.

I cut out feather shapes and stiffed them up by adding a felt backing. 

Add in a few pink feathers to diva-fy it, and here she is! 

You will notice the feet are a little bigger. This is so it stands a little better. 

If interested leave your contact info in a comment here, or send me a private message, either by email LegzToyz@gmail.com OR message me on Facebook 

Stuffies still looking for forever homes are..

    

Looking 4 somebody to LoVe ♥

Here are three new Stuffies for sale. Bears are $40 and Bunny is $35.

Ms BlueBeary has a black background with colorful skulls.

Hip Hopper's strip of hair is real Mink fur. 

Planet Bear for the future Astronaut in the family.SOLD!

The stuffing is so soft, made from 100% recycled polyester.

If interested please comment here with your contact info or Message me on Facebook

Order yours today!

Hi ! It seems my bear with the orange and blue flames is a hit. I'll be ordering more fabric this week, so if you want one too, you gotta let me know and order yours today. I am also ordering the 2nd swatch to make with the white accents and flame. 

Not to worry,
no two bears will be exactly alike.
Send me an email LegzToyz@gmail.com
or message me on Facebook. You can also leave your contact info in the comments here and I'll get back to you asap

I love this photo, 

and it gives you a better 

idea of the bear's size. 

I can personalize this with hand-embroidered 

name/date on the feet if you like.

Bears are $40 + shipping

If you give me your postal code I can tell you exactly how much shipping will be.

oOpS!

OOPS!

I've been listing the email address for Legz Toys wrong!

It is gmail.com   NOT  gmail.ca 

Here I was thinking nobody loves me ;)

I'm sorry if my mistake caused any confusion, If you tried to email me. please resend. I would never intentionally ignore any one of you.

 Again, I'm sorry! 

 

I'm working on two teddy bears using these fabrics. The black swatch will be accented using blue and the space theme will be accented in white.
I'm also working on two bunnies. One in a dark brown and one in a tan color.
Last but not least, an OWL pillow with all the kinks worked out.
Stay Tuned.....

Flower the Bear ***SOLD***

Here's the pics I promised. Sorry it took so long :)

As always, if interested fly me an email at LegzToyz@gmail.com

Or catch me on Facebook, you can post a comment right here.

Twins have left the nest!

It began with one bear and a red flower. 

When I learned the bear was meant for twin girls,

 I suggested, twin bears, Luckily, he agreed, 

The twins are off to meet Alana & Alissa, A gift from Pappa.

 I hope to have a great pic to follow.

Beary Happy New Friends

This is what it's all about.

 No better review than this. 

  

Beary White ***SOLD***

Here she is! 

Beary White is looking for a forever home.

If interested you can email me

LegzToyz@gmail.com

Facebook message

https://facebook.com/LegsRolland

Leave a comment right here.

I hope you like her ♥

FLOWER POWER ***SOLD***

 FLOWER POWER

Flower is looking for a forever home

She is 1.5 ft tall (From her bum to her ears)

If interested email me at

LegzToyz@gmail.com

OR

message me on FACEBOOK

Beary Red - For Sale

 Here she is. Beary Red.
   SOLD!!

This is my first attempt at a flower. it was real easy to do and the little rose button seemed to be the finishing touch.  There is

a plethora of easy flowers to make on Pinterest. Just do a search of 'easy fabric flowers'. Many of them have a tutorial to go with them.

Beary Red is for sale. I doubt she'll be up for long. If interested, leave a comment or message me on Facebook.

Orange Brother Bears

I used a very soft polar fleece for  both of these bears. I ordered the fabric online at Fabricville and received the order two days later. Pretty darn good if you ask me. All of the fabric is beautiful.

TOP bear is orange with a flame pattern of Blue. Oramge and a touch of red.

 BOTTOM bear isorange with a motorcycle pattern. I was able to get the full motorcycle across the back. The scarf is flannelette, skulls wearing sunglasses.

Teddy Bears and the Law

So, I'm having so much fun making Stuffies for you all. The extra $$ really comes in handy. No, I'm not making mega bucks, but when it nears month's end and the fridge is looking sparse, it does come in handy.
Imagine my surprise when I happened upon an article about the rules when it comes to making a profit off patterns for stuffies.
Did you know that sometimes when you download a 'free' pattern for a teddy bear, you are not allowed to sell what you make?I took a look at the site where I got one of my patterns for free and found a section where you are supposed to purchase a license to sell your finished product. It starts at $20 for 10 teddies and goes up accordingly. Anyone who has had to purchase the supplies and fabric needed to make a Stuffie, knows if you were to sell it, you'd be lucky to make $10. Which breaks down to approx $1 an hour for my time/ services. Now, if you factor in having to purchase a license, you are in actuality making approx. $8 or less profit for a 24  or more hours of work.
If I were to reproduce the pattern and sell it, then I can see where there might be a problem. As a past pattern designer (sports wear) I know it takes a certain amount of knowledge and creativity to produce a pattern from scratch.
What does all this mean? It means (for me) I will keep doing what I'm doing. When someone asks what pattern I used  I will continue to send them to the site I found the pattern. If the cops come to the door and threaten to put me, a Gramma, in leg irons for selling a teddy bear to my neighbor, so be it.
 I guess I'll be the next big news trending the internet ;)

The Bears and DoDo's have landed!

This is how I chose the materials for my first DandY DoDo Birds.

 As you can see, pretty much anything goes! 

I chose a body material that has lots of colors

 to pull from for the other parts.

The one above and below will be up for sale. 

I can't wait to see how they come together.

The pattern should arrive any day now.

I am going to use  a very soft flannelette fabric 

and adding a fusible interfacing to give it structure,

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These are the color matches for the bears.

I am using an Anti-Pill Fleece fabric for these to amp

the cuddle factor. 

     

 

     

I'll post a few of the next steps along the way.

I can't wait to get started!!