Teddy Bear String Smile Replacement

ID: 135828

Description: To my understanding teddy bears aren’t...

Steps:

1. Using the scissors, cut away the existing string smile from the teddy bear.

2. Using a water-soluble marker, test a small patch on the teddy bear in the area you will be replacing the smile.
3. Once you have tested the patch and made sure the marker washes off the fabric, sketch the smile in the area you desire.

4. Take one end of the thread and slide it through the thin hole, or eye, at the top of the needle.
5. Once the needle is threaded with your desired length of string (the length of the smile plus a bit more), tie both ends of the string together in a knot.

6. At an angle, stick the needle through the back of the ear.
7. Pull the needle through a stitch-length away from the corner of your drawn on mouth.
8. Keep pulling until you feel the tug of the knot on the inside of the smile.

9. Stick the needle back through the hole you just made and pull it out a stitch-length away; this starts the backstitch.
10. You will be using the drawn on pattern as a reference.

11. Continue the backstitch across the smile area until the smile is complete.

12. Stick the needle through the second-to-last stitch.
13. Pull the needle through, diagonally, and pull it out behind the ear that you started with. This will leave a “tail” hanging from behind the ear.

14. At the longest part of the thread, cut the needle away.
15. Tie the two pieces of thread together into a knot against the back of the ear.
16. Cut away the remaining thread.