Nose and Mouth: Embroider the nose and mouth with the embroidery floss to suit your taste. See nose pattern diagrams.
Ear Construction: Cut out the ear backs and the ear fronts. With the right sides together, pair and pin a trimmed or contrast ear front with an untrimmed ear back and sew around, leaving the bottom open to turn. Clip the curves. Turn the ear right side out. Push the bottom raw edge up inside the ear until the ear is straight across the bottom and hand sew the opening closed. Pin the ears to the head in various places until you are satisfied with the look, then hand sew the ears in place. If the bear will wear a hat or head dress, I usually just pin the ears and wait until the bear is complete and the hat in place before sewing the ears on so adjustments for the hat can be made.
Sewing the Body: Cut out the 4 body pieces. Pin and sew the front #1 and #2 pieces, right sides together, from the bottom of the neck mark to the bottom edge of the tummy. Tack the top of the neck edge together. Sew the back #1 and #2 pieces, right sides together, stopping and restarting at the leave open marks, from the neck edge to the bottom of the "tush". Pin the front and back body pieces, right sides together, with neck and tush seams open, at the side seams, matching all the constructions marks. Stitch all around the body sides, beginning and ending at the neck. Clip all the curves and turn the body right side out. Attach the head by poking the cotter pin protruding thru the head neck into the body neck opening. Add a washer and disk onto the cotter pin sticking thru to the inside of the body. Make sure the fabric is not folded or bunched between the two disks. Finish the assembly by rolling the cotter pin down. (See jointing instructions). You now have a stuffed head jointed to an un-stuffed body.
Sewing the Legs: Select #1 inside leg and #1 outside leg pieces and cut them out. Pin the two leg pieces, right sides together, matching all the construction marks. Start at the top "leave open" mark and stitch all around the leg top down around the toe and back up to the bottom "leave open" mark. Clip the curves. Make sure the disk will fit evenly into the top curve of the leg. Follow the jointing instructions to assemble the disk joint and place it inside the leg. Stuff the leg following the general stuffing procedures. Sew the leg opening closed with upholstery thread and a ladder stitch. Poke a hole in the body from the outside to the inside at the joint leg mark on the body. Attach the leg to the body following the jointing instructions. Repeat the procedure for the other leg, using pattern pieces #2. There is now a stuffed head and two stuffed legs joined to the un-stuffed body.
