Bear what?! {or another trip to the frog pond}

The caption for this picture should maybe read "is that a banana in your pocket or you happy to see me?" -- or alternately "consider a cod piece!"

needless to say, since this critter is a bright cherry pink, that look of male anatomy, just was NOT what we had in mind! (unless of course he's been out in the sun WAY too long)

this is typical of what happens, however, when we start in with a new design

the plan here was to create a bear with a long skinny body, but this is obviously not quite right

so while the head, arms and legs are great, the body will have to be redone --- AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!

why am I screaming, you ask? well, because aside from the usual steps for the "frogging" (opening the seams, removing the stuffing, taking out the joints) there is the issue of the fabric

as in, there isn't any more of it, or at least not enough to make a new body

and its a hand dyed fabric that I did by over dying something else

the good news? I have some more of the fabric we started out with

so, today's challenge is to try to duplicate the color -- or at least get close enough that this doesn't end up looking like a bear that works for the Geek Squad (you know, saddle oxford looking VWs?)

it should be interesting ---- looks like a bit of time over the dye pot today!!

I'm now switching into my witch costume {bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!!}