SLAP Baby Designs Sounds Like a Plan

Every bear so far

14 bears, finished and gone to the people they were made for. 4 came out of supporters’ kit, 1 out of a cot sheet, 2 out of someone’s own clothes, 7 were made new and dressed. Yours will not look like any of them.

Each bear is about 34 cm tall, not counting the cap or hat.

Showing all 14 bears.

A teddy bear sewn from a blue Stormers rugby jersey and cap, with the Vodacom Super Rugby badge on its chest

The Stormers bear

Cut from a match jersey and the cap that went with it. The badge sits where a badge should sit, because the panels were placed before a stitch went in.

Made from
Stormers jersey and supporter cap
Kept
Vodacom Super Rugby badge, Six Gun Grill sleeve print

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A blue teddy bear sewn from Blue Bulls kit, wearing a mesh vest with a working zip, a cap and a team scarf

The Blue Bulls bear

A training top, a mesh vest and a cap. The zip still works, and the two Puma cats landed on the foot pads on purpose.

Made from
Blue Bulls training top, mesh vest and cap
Kept
Working zip, Puma marks on both foot pads

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A black teddy bear sewn from a Sharks rugby jersey, wearing a hood with the Sharks emblem and a fringed team scarf

The Sharks bear

Carbon-weave jersey, hood up, scarf on. The emblem came off the front of the shirt and went straight onto the head.

Made from
Sharks jersey and supporter scarf
Kept
Sharks emblem, wordmark, scarf fringe

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A pale blue teddy bear sewn from a nursery cot sheet printed with Winnie the Pooh characters, wearing a yellow sun hat and a ribbon bow

The cot sheet bear

A first cot sheet, outgrown. Eeyore and Pooh were cut to land on the foot pads, so they show when the bear sits down.

Made from
A first cot sheet
Kept
Eeyore and Pooh, one on each foot pad

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A brown teddy bear in a white nurse’s pinafore with a red cross, and a white cap with red trim

The nurse bear

Made new for someone qualifying, retiring or being thanked. The pinafore comes off, and the pocket is a real pocket.

Made new in
Soft brown leatherette
Finished with
Cotton pinafore, red cross, nurse’s cap

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A brown teddy bear in grey theatre scrubs with a teal mask, scrub cap and booties, still pinned on the work table

The theatre bear

Scrubs, cap, mask and booties. Photographed still pinned, because that is what it looks like an hour before it is finished.

Made new in
Soft brown leatherette
Finished with
Grey scrubs, teal cap, mask and booties

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A brown corduroy teddy bear in a yellow cotton pinafore with a hessian heart on the front, wearing a hessian sun hat

The corduroy bear

Brown corduroy, a yellow pinafore and a hessian brim. The heart is hessian too, stitched on by hand rather than glued.

Made new in
Brown cotton corduroy
Finished with
Yellow pinafore, hessian hat and heart

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A dark brown leatherette teddy bear dressed as a cowgirl, in a brown waistcoat trimmed with paw-print ribbon, a yellow striped skirt, a neckerchief and a cowboy hat

The cowgirl bear

Waistcoat, neckerchief and a full striped skirt. The paw prints run round the waistcoat, the hat brim and the woggle, and there is one sewn on as a badge.

Made new in
Dark brown leatherette
Finished with
Leatherette waistcoat and hat, striped skirt, paw-print trim

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A navy teddy bear sewn from a pinstriped Bulls rugby jersey, with light blue ears and foot pads, a cap with the embroidered Bulls logo and a team scarf

The pinstripe Bulls bear

A pinstriped jersey, with the stripes turned to run a different way on each panel. The light blue mesh became the ears and foot pads, and the logo moved up onto the cap.

Made from
Bulls pinstripe jersey, cap and supporter scarf
Kept
Embroidered Bulls logo, scarf fringe

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A cream and brown teddy bear with paw-print foot pads, a collar reading MISHA with a heart-shaped photo locket of a dog, and a straw hat with a yellow flower

Misha

Made for a dog called Misha. The name is on the collar, Misha is in the heart locket, and the foot pads are paws.

Made new in
Cream fleece and brown suedette
Finished with
Name collar, photo locket, straw hat with a flower

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A teddy bear sewn from a blue and white printed shirt, with khaki ears, arms and foot pads, the khaki shirt collar at its neck, Relay Jeans buttons on its feet and a camouflage cap

The shirt and chinos bear

A printed shirt and a pair of chinos, the clothes someone actually wore. The collar went on as a collar, and the trouser buttons ended up on the feet.

Made from
Printed cotton shirt, khaki chinos and a camo cap
Kept
Shirt collar, Relay Jeans buttons on both foot pads

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A brown leatherette teddy bear in a denim bib apron with brass eyelets, a frayed pocket and a wooden "handmade with love" button, wearing a denim flat cap and a navy bow tie

The denim apron bear

A denim bib apron laced on through brass eyelets, with a frayed pocket and a flat cap to match. The wooden button on the bib says handmade with love.

Made new in
Brown leatherette
Finished with
Denim apron and flat cap, navy bow tie, black paw pads

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A navy leatherette teddy bear with white ears, inner arms and foot pads, wearing a white hat and a bow tie in matching blue and white striped ribbon

The navy and white bear

Navy leatherette with white on the ears, the inside of the arms and the foot pads. The hat band and the bow tie are cut from the same striped ribbon.

Made new in
Navy and white leatherette
Finished with
White hat, striped ribbon band and bow tie

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A patchwork teddy bear with a floral head, a striped muzzle, a pink check body, floral arms and painted-print legs, with black denim ears and foot pads, a black denim cap and a matching tie

The patchwork bear

Six different prints on one bear: florals on the head and arms, a pink check body and a stripe across the muzzle. Black denim holds it together, from the ears and foot pads to the cap and tie.

Made from
Floral, check, stripe and printed cottons, with black denim
Kept
A different print on every panel

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

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