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Beyond Bears: How to draw, design, and sew your own stuffed animals
Creature artist, Jennifer Carson, shows you how to design, draw and sew your own jointed, soft animal sewing patterns. Included with the book are patterns for 6 new creatures, including an elephant, pig, gryphon, tiger, dragon and a bonus pattern for a prehistoric mammal called a chriacus. All patterns are full size and require no enlargement.
122 pages, Paperback
First published January 15, 2014
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About the author
Jennifer Carson
17 books45 followersJennifer Carson lives in Michigan with her husband, four sons and many four legged friends. She grew up on a steady diet of Muppet movies, and renaissance faires and would occasionally be caught reading under the blankets with a flashlight. Besides telling tales, Jennifer likes to create fantasy creatures and characters and publishes her own sewing patterns. Her artwork and patterns can be seen online at thedragoncharmer.com.
Jennifer’s work has been featured in national magazines like Cloth, Paper, Scissors, Faerie Magazine, Soft Dolls and Animals, and Dolls United. In the spring of 2008, Jennifer was featured on the ABC affiliate, WMUR tv show, New Hampshire Chronicle. Her sewing patterns have recently been translated in Dutch and in April 2009, she received the NE-SCBWI Ruth Landers Glass Scholarship for her writing.
Jennifer’s work has been featured in national magazines like Cloth, Paper, Scissors, Faerie Magazine, Soft Dolls and Animals, and Dolls United. In the spring of 2008, Jennifer was featured on the ABC affiliate, WMUR tv show, New Hampshire Chronicle. Her sewing patterns have recently been translated in Dutch and in April 2009, she received the NE-SCBWI Ruth Landers Glass Scholarship for her writing.
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