by spendlove 18 Mar 2015

A keepsake bear for a new member of my family. Strange names to me but Wilfred is a name from way back in the family. My daughter's comment was "at least the initials don't spell anything dodgy!"

This baby would have been my late sister Mave's fifth grandchild. (Cutie songthrush) His dad is my nephew and godson.
The basic bear design is one I did for the members of my local Janome Club who asked for a bear to go with the bunny they've made lots of. It will probably appear soon on the J-club website.

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by lbrow 22 Mar 2015

What a cute little fellow/Lillian

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by deegee 22 Mar 2015

Lovely work. Just right for a little fellow.

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by Shisha 22 Mar 2015

Love it

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by airyfairy 19 Mar 2015

Dear little bear. Wilfred is certainly a name I have not heard of in years.

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by lidiad 19 Mar 2015

Love that little bear, he is so cute!
Hugs, Lidia

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by loosie 18 Mar 2015

What's in a name? "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Love the little bear :)

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by graceandham 18 Mar 2015

Had an uncle who was Wilfred Alexander and he was a peach of a guy. But he took a made-up nickname!

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by mi30kaja 18 Mar 2015

Love this little guy.

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by baldacchino 18 Mar 2015

Lovely little teddy bear L Sherene xxx

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by cfidl 18 Mar 2015

The bear is so cute! sounds like you are doing great things there! Wishing you the best!

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by vickiannette 18 Mar 2015

nice thought, giving a little bear. I wonder if the child will be 'Wil' or 'Spike'? or perhaps 'Frank' either way you will get used to it and he will become a little Wil,Spike or Frank.

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spendlove by spendlove 18 Mar 2015

I think he'll be Spike.

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by asterixsew Moderator 18 Mar 2015

Lovely teddy for a lucky little boy. My paternal grandfather went through life with the initials WC. The grandparents add a L to it for my father. (I am sure if we Cuties work hard for your daughter we could come up with something dodgy with Wilfred's initials)

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spendlove by spendlove 18 Mar 2015

LOL

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by gitteh 18 Mar 2015

Wonderful idea! So cute :) Is it an ITH project? (and if it is, do you sell it?)

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spendlove by spendlove 18 Mar 2015

It is ith and will soon be on the j-club website.

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by basketkase 18 Mar 2015

Darling, Sue........I agree with the initials, gets a little iffy sometimes with all the 2 and 3 letter inuendos........

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by highlandermom 18 Mar 2015

. A excellent Teddy, as it is a very sweet keepsake.
The trend is older names on both sides of pond.
I smiled at your comment of daughter remark. I tend to smile at some of old names that makes some the now generations sound like car names.

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by pennifold 18 Mar 2015

Such a great design as it's so easy to hold and cuddle. He looks wonderful. No wonder the ladies at your Janome club love all the things you do and make - everything is so well done. Love Chris

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by grossfamilie 18 Mar 2015

Aww - Wilfred is one lucky little baby! He and his parents will love your bear too. Thank you for showing, Sue - Maria

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by pldc 18 Mar 2015

Your bear is adorable Sue! I have noticed lately that people naming babies are going back to the traditional ones, I much prefer them too. I have heard some strange ones over the years & Wilfred is NOT one of them. A good solid name. Incidentally our oldest initials are TLC lol a happy accident. ~hugs~

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mops by mops 18 Mar 2015

TLC sounds so much nicer than my daughter's Male Chauvinist Pig!

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by decojo 18 Mar 2015

adorable bear~ very cute!

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by teun 18 Mar 2015

Sieht ganz toll aus,Wilfried is a name much in Germany

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by noah 18 Mar 2015

Looks awesome to me :):)love him hugs

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by mops Moderator 18 Mar 2015

That's a nice keepsake!
My eldest brother (all 3 are younger than I am, so what do you call him?) has the initials W.C. - not the luckiest choice. Number 2 has A.F. - that does not sound bad, but in Dutch A - F- Af was often used to count down, like ready-steady-go in English.
We did not do much better by using MC before the last initial P for my daughter - she was teased quite a bit when we were living in England. .

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spendlove by spendlove 18 Mar 2015

He would be your "younger brother". Complicated, isn't it?!

mops by mops 18 Mar 2015

I don't know how best to describe him in Dutch either ...

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