Panda Pattern
See photographs of some results from this pattern in the gallery.
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Copyright 2006 Silver Seams.
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The Pattern
For the record, pandas are not bears. In teddy bear taxonomy, however, they are, and in fact are often no different from other teddies except for their coloration. This panda attempts to be a little more panda-ish, though it's an old pattern and I think I could get quite a bit closer today.
The panda in the gallery isn't finished, though yes, I made him in 2003 - he needs quite a bit of needlesculpting on his muzzle, though if you make him in a shorter-pile fabric he won't need it.
Print these out at 72 dpi (7 x 8") for the original scale.
The arms are sewn with no pawpads, because (don't laugh) I hadn't yet physically seen a bear with arms in this pose, and didn't realize they were supposed to have them. It's much easier to sew this way, I have to say. If you want to insert them, you should probably extend the end of the paw a bit to accommodate them.
The neck joint is like Teddy Wolf's, in that instead of gathering the neck edge, you'll sew in a circle of fabric (1 1/8", for a 1" disc) to the top of the body and the bottom of the neck. Aside from that, he's a pretty conventional teddy bear.
General teddy-bear construction instructions can be found in any teddy bear making book (and in many other places on the Internet), so I won't repeat them here.