Welcome to what was the Bear Bits online catalogue of realistic bears, pandas, bunnies and teddies. Below you will find links to examples of pieces that could have been purchased directly from us.

My designs for our bears developed from a traditional teddy to the multi jointed, more natural ones, were always intended for the adult collector, THEY WERE NEVER SUITABLE as childrens toys but could be bought as a special present as long as they sat out of reach and were just brought down for story time or a supervised hug!

We have now retired but for the last few years we made a very small number of bears each year, mostly by special commission, bespoke to each collector and as the result of a dialogue. The pieces made in our last, 30th Anniversary year, all have a extra card certificate. We could make a collector a bear based on one of the distinct species, or what we called a fusion bear with all the characteristic Bear Bits features but not in a natural bear type fabric, or even an old-fashioned ted.

If you look at the various categories below do remember that it shows what was available before now.

All our bears could be made with 8 JOINTS , 2 in the neck (double neck joint), 1 in each wrist and the other 4 attaching the limb to the body so they could be posed in a variety of natural positions.

The head and limbs are always hard stuffed. The body can be softly filled with pellets or stuffed firmly.

We could include an ARMATURE from the neck to the hip region (like a backbone), this means that the body is very flexible and poses more naturally. Armatures can be used in 35cm bears and larger.

Bears that are 45cm and larger can have a GROWLER but this means that the body must be firmly stuffed (no armature)

All paws will have 3D POLYMER PADS. Bears that are 35 and larger can have quilting in between each pad for extra definition.

EMBROIDERED NOSE, all bears have the naturally shaped, embroidered nose for which we are so well known.

OPEN MOUTH, I recommend that these are best on bears from 40cm and larger but it is possible to make smaller bears with an open mouth.

Any new, special bears, OOAKs, were made because we have been inspired by some new fabric, will always be at the top of the list.

PLEASE NOTE, The photographs in the various categories are examples of bears that we have made in the past.