Like the tutorial, I'd never heard of teddy bear joints until today. Being someone who does a lot of work with hardware, I would make a few suggestions. 1. Nylock nuts aren't that much more expensive, and that CA glue you use is actually a ridiculously tiny squeeze tube inside the dispenser (break one apart the next time you run out, you'll see). I'd be willing to bet simply buying nylock nuts would save money over that glue (I do love the Super Glue brand, but I hate that particular one). I always get the pro liquid variant from them, though I normally work with plastic/metal models. If you need it to dry quickly, you can spray the mating surface of the fabric with a tiny amount of CA glue accelerant (basically water and baking soda, which is a chemical base so worth testing on scrap fabric first) for a nearly instant bond. 2. The style of hardware you want is called machine screws/nuts. The particulars don't matter, but I'd recommend getting fine thread (which you do have in the video). You want the closest fit to the center hole of the disks, which you can get SAE or metric. If in doubt, measure across the hole and error a tiny bit smaller. 3. If you do want to glue the nut in place, I would use a thread lock glue like Loctite. Alternatively, nail polish actually works great for this. Apply some glue to the bolt threads and then tighten the nut in place. Hope you find this useful!
You are amazing! Your tutorials are the best Ive seen and your pay-it-forward attitude and free patterns are such a wonderful thing. Thank you on behalf of every crafter around the world.👋👋
Lisa, this is such a game changer! Not using buttons on the outside to attach the arms is a cleaner look and so much easier! Thank you a million times!!
You are amazing. The animals you make are the best I’ve ever seen. And such great tutorials. First time for me, but I definitely will be watching more. Thanks for sharing.
Omg wish I knew this a few years ago. There was no RUclips when I started making bears lol! Who knew you could do so much with felt. You are truly inspirational. Thank you x
Thank you so much for your videos and passion. I bought some boards and made my own joints and gave my hubby and me some time to do something I like for a change..How do you know how to price your bears
Lisa i just found your channel yesterday, and im so glad i did, iv made teddys in the past, but nothing like the quality of yours, i was just searching for supplies and couldnt find joints like yours now i know why! 😊 thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us.
It s amazing, before I am a seamstress, now I m starting to made lot toys with the fabrics to my grand children , I enjoyed to watch all Yr show to made,, thank you so much ,
Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. I have been sewing for over 65 years. I have made wedding gowns, car head liners, car seat covers, men's suits, all my kids clothes, my clothes, handbags and so on but I am just now starting to make dolls and was totally confused on how to do joints. This is so cool. Again, thank you for sharing. Your videos are wonderful.
Thank you so very much for sharing this. It makes a world of difference in putting my bears together. It's so much easier to finish the arms and legs before adding them to the body.
Hello. I just found you. You’re remarkable, you are so detailed, and so generous. Good common sense, logical, thorough and a great speaker. Wow! I suscribed. Thank you very much for your secrets. They’ll be safe with us.
WOW!! great tips and I loved your Bunny bust she's adorable, I so enjoy your tutorials, I am amazed at what can be done with felt. Your skills and passion is trully inspiring. 💕🥰
Lisa, I am so grateful that I found your channel! I was absolutely crushed when the locknut joint of my first art bear came off after a year and his entire little head came off. Now I will be able to fix him without fear of it happening again. You are wonderful thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us newbies
You are kind and a great teacher. Many thanks for your amazing tutorial. I make patio inspirational bears. I have ran out of memory bears and was searching for teddy patterns similar to my shape bear and fell asleep on the lounge. When I woke up your video was playing. I felt blessed. ❤ Xxx
Thankyou soooo much for this. I am on a carers pension for my disabled daughter and money is ALWAYS an issue. Everyone should be able to afford to do arts and crafts, its done my mental health wonders.
Hello my friend! I love to hear you are feeling more yourself, health issues can be tiresome for sure. I look after my health very seriously, and my mental health is largely supported by creating. Sending you warm healing hugs!🥰
I am super excited and can't wait to get started making these. I'm hoping to try with jointing my cloth dolls instead of jointing with buttons. Thanks for sharing this tip🤗❣
Thank you so much Lisa, I had ordered joints from eBay to make the bear so I will definitely be making my own joints now. Your work is adorable really appreciate your great tutorials
Hi please can you let me know where you bought your disc with the central hole. I have tried eBay uk and looked on eBay au. Can you point me in the right direction please
Very informative. Your videos are very precise and clear to follow. You could create much larger patterns where we join sheets together for larger body sections, etc. Just create indication/registration marks to tape multiple printed patterns sheets from A4
This is great, I'm defiantly going to use this on the crochet dolls I'm making. Also I think if you use plastic disks instead of wood they might be machine washable.
Hi Abigail, Thank you, my Goat is a One Of A kind Collectable piece, he features extensive resin sculpting and needle felting techniques which are a little too challenging for most makers, however I do plan to create a simpler version for you all!🥰🤗
One think I did pick up on was that your goat had jointed knees, which is something I'd like to incorporate in a bear, so he/she could sit on a shelf where the legs could bend at the back of the knees, so the legs are dangling off the shelf. Have I misunderstood how your goat's knees are jointed, as for the life of me I cannot fathom how this could be accomplished! I so admire your generosity and exquisite designs.
Thank you. Lisa for all of your information your work is incredible, and you are so kind sharing your patterns with us. I am looking forward to having a go at some of them soon xxx
Absolutely amazing ive been using plastic joints but i want start making these but im looking online for bolts but its saying different widths of bolts . Which will i need please?
wow! joints have always confused me. I didnt get how they worked, mostly because i couldnt find some clear info and visual. Thank you so much i totally get it now.
Hi Lisa! I am sooo glad I found your channel today. I’ve wanted to make bears for a while (I love making soft toys), and I also started crocheting a few years ago,and discovered the world of amigurumi. I’m in the process of making my first crocheted jointed bear and the instructions for the disks and cotter pins were so confusing. I am definitely using this method! Thank you, and can’t wait to try some of your patterns.
Hi Juliette! I’m glad you found me, you sound very creative!😊 I adore Amigurumi! I never have time to learn😂 maybe one day, I hope you will enjoy creating with me🥰🤗
Hi LOVE your work! Great info that I found to be perfect. I wanted to use a nylon type disk with nylon bolts n nuts for soft toys that be repeatedly wash so that would be better? Again thanks for your tutorials. Keep them coming. God bless
Hi Michelle, thank you! Yes you can use acrylic joints or discs, however the neck joint on most soft toys needs to have a longer bolt which you fasten inside the body.🥰
Hi Lisa when you said you would show us how to make the joints , I thought you ment how to cut them out of ply board? and not buy them. Please would it be possible for you to make a video on how the craft them from plywood. Thanks
trying this out for the first time, on my first jointed animal! I messed up a few bolts getting epoxy on the threads. Fingers crossed all will be well tomorrow. I'm excited, though!
Wonderfully explained! Thank you. I can't find these 40 mm wonden disc on net at all. All out of stock. But I have found same but in hardboard. Will that be ok? Thank you
Hi Lisa,l am a big fan of your work. I would like to ask you how l can make my own cotter joint, because it is o expensive. Please give me a tip, I really appreciate it very much. You have a great day.
Hi Ann, Plastic joints are sometimes a suitable alternative, so long as they are still the correct sizes. In general though neck joints need to be hardware. Have a look at my other Jointing video for other alternatives 🥰
Big thank you again, learnt some great tips from this video and made a felt bear off the back of it. I used a pattern that I already had that is very similar to yours just a bit bigger. I then enlarged your pattern for the teddy bear coat and made a coat for my bear. I used your hand stitching first tip! Amazing so much easier and then your eyes and ears tips, I wasn't using pins and was having to keep resewing the ears on. I also airbrushed my bear into a badger, how can I send you a photo of the end result? Thank you for sharing you and your skills and patterns x
wow, wow, wow...grabbing more coffee to continue watching
😂😂 Glad you’re enjoying it!
Wonderful idea. Can't wait to put it to use
Like the tutorial, I'd never heard of teddy bear joints until today.
Being someone who does a lot of work with hardware, I would make a few suggestions.
1. Nylock nuts aren't that much more expensive, and that CA glue you use is actually a ridiculously tiny squeeze tube inside the dispenser (break one apart the next time you run out, you'll see). I'd be willing to bet simply buying nylock nuts would save money over that glue (I do love the Super Glue brand, but I hate that particular one). I always get the pro liquid variant from them, though I normally work with plastic/metal models. If you need it to dry quickly, you can spray the mating surface of the fabric with a tiny amount of CA glue accelerant (basically water and baking soda, which is a chemical base so worth testing on scrap fabric first) for a nearly instant bond.
2. The style of hardware you want is called machine screws/nuts. The particulars don't matter, but I'd recommend getting fine thread (which you do have in the video). You want the closest fit to the center hole of the disks, which you can get SAE or metric. If in doubt, measure across the hole and error a tiny bit smaller.
3. If you do want to glue the nut in place, I would use a thread lock glue like Loctite. Alternatively, nail polish actually works great for this. Apply some glue to the bolt threads and then tighten the nut in place.
Hope you find this useful!
You are amazing! Your tutorials are the best Ive seen and your pay-it-forward attitude and free patterns are such a wonderful thing. Thank you on behalf of every crafter around the world.👋👋
Naaaw, you are too kind Kathy, thank you for joining me!🥰
Been making dolls over 15 years wondering how to better go about making hidden joints...you just blew my mind! Thank you for sharing this wisdom
I’m happy to have helped!🥰
Lisa, this is such a game changer! Not using buttons on the outside to attach the arms is a cleaner look and so much easier! Thank you a million times!!
Happy to have helped Lori!🥰
You are so generous Lisa sharing your little secrets with us …thank you 💐😘
It's my pleasure🥰
You are amazing. The animals you make are the best I’ve ever seen. And such great tutorials. First time for me, but I definitely will be watching more. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! I hope you will stay awhile and create with me 🥰
Thanks so much for sharing your strategy, with a circle cutter on a drill you could also make your own circles❤❤❤
How did I only just find this tute, better late than never. Thx again Lisa
You are always welcome Joanne!🥰
So so appreciate your videos and patterns. Eventually I hope to make enough (eventually) to donate to local Childrens Hospital
Omg wish I knew this a few years ago. There was no RUclips when I started making bears lol! Who knew you could do so much with felt. You are truly inspirational. Thank you x
Hi Rachael, I’m so happy to bring you the information! It’s great to have you here 😊🥰
Thank you so much for your videos and passion. I bought some boards and made my own joints and gave my hubby and me some time to do something I like for a change..How do you know how to price your bears
This video is a godsend, joints online are so expensive, thanks very much Lisa.
Lisa i just found your channel yesterday, and im so glad i did, iv made teddys in the past, but nothing like the quality of yours, i was just searching for supplies and couldnt find joints like yours now i know why! 😊 thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us.
It s amazing, before I am a seamstress, now I m starting to made lot toys with the fabrics to my grand children , I enjoyed to watch all
Yr show to made,, thank you so much ,
Hi Martha and Welcome! The toys are so much more fun!🥰
brilliant simple to follow tutorial
Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. I have been sewing for over 65 years. I have made wedding gowns, car head liners, car seat covers, men's suits, all my kids clothes, my clothes, handbags and so on but I am just now starting to make dolls and was totally confused on how to do joints. This is so cool. Again, thank you for sharing. Your videos are wonderful.
Wow! A new chapter for you, how exciting! I hope you will stay and create with me 🥰
Thank you so very much for sharing this. It makes a world of difference in putting my bears together. It's so much easier to finish the arms and legs before adding them to the body.
I couldn’t agree more! Much better stuffing results, I’m glad it helped Margaret🥰
Aah, this is so helpful and such an easy to follow explaination! Thank you for this tutorial
Glad it was helpful!🥰
thank you so very much!!! I enjoy every little bit and are making my own joints and my first teddy bear for my grandchild!!!!xxxxx
Making your own is the best way! Thank you for PayingItForward 🥰
Hello. I just found you. You’re remarkable, you are so detailed, and so generous. Good common sense, logical, thorough and a great speaker. Wow! I suscribed. Thank you very much for your secrets. They’ll be safe with us.
Hi and welcome to my studio! I hope you will stay awhile and create beautiful things with me🥰
This is great! Usually use cotter pins, but not always easy to get them tight enough, thank you Lisa for another brilliant idea 💖
Thank you for sharing. You are truly a wonderful person.
WOW!! great tips and I loved your Bunny bust she's adorable, I so enjoy your tutorials, I am amazed at what can be done with felt. Your skills and passion is trully inspiring. 💕🥰
Thank you, it is a great fabric to work with, I’m glad you are enjoying our journey😊🥰
Tutorials are fantastic
You’re so kind to give your great tips, another fun craft I will be making
Lisa, I am so grateful that I found your channel! I was absolutely crushed when the locknut joint of my first art bear came off after a year and his entire little head came off. Now I will be able to fix him without fear of it happening again. You are wonderful thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us newbies
Hi Samantha! I’m glad I could help🥰
You are kind and a great teacher. Many thanks for your amazing tutorial. I make patio inspirational bears. I have ran out of memory bears and was searching for teddy patterns similar to my shape bear and fell asleep on the lounge. When I woke up your video was playing. I felt blessed. ❤ Xxx
thank you for sharing your knowledge. marvellous tutorial
Thankyou soooo much for this. I am on a carers pension for my disabled daughter and money is ALWAYS an issue. Everyone should be able to afford to do arts and crafts, its done my mental health wonders.
You are my kindred spirit Rebecca! You have made my day! Thank you, have a wonderful week!🥰🤗
Lisa , as I am healing (finally) I am re_watching these how to treasures ! Still utterly amazing
Hello my friend! I love to hear you are feeling more yourself, health issues can be tiresome for sure. I look after my health very seriously, and my mental health is largely supported by creating.
Sending you warm healing hugs!🥰
Thank you for teaching your short cuts! You are a genius!
Thank you so much for for the great joint tutorial. Love, love, love your adorable Bunny Bust Box. She is so cute!♥️♥️
Hi Myrna, thank you🥰
Lisa, I am in awe of you....you are so talented. Thank You
Awww, you are too kind, thank you!🥰
I am super excited and can't wait to get started making these. I'm hoping to try with jointing my cloth dolls instead of jointing with buttons. Thanks for sharing this tip🤗❣
My pleasure, have fun with them!🥰
Brilliant, can,t wait to give it a go, thank you!
You are the best! Great instructions very detailed and very helpful for my first try at making memory bears for my grandniece and grandnephews.
You are so welcome! Have fun with them, I’ll be cheering you on from here!🥰
Thank you so much Lisa, I had ordered joints from eBay to make the bear so I will definitely be making my own joints now. Your work is adorable really appreciate your great tutorials
Hi Jacqueline!, Great to hear, you are very welcome 🥰
Hi please can you let me know where you bought your disc with the central hole. I have tried eBay uk and looked on eBay au. Can you point me in the right direction please
@@janicemckay6396 did you find somewhere? I get mine from ebay and just ask someone nicely to do central holes for me
I am so excited to have found your site! What a wonderful teacher and free pattern is a bonus!! Watching every moment of every video! Thank You!
I’m very happy to have you here Carol! I hope you enjoy sewing with me!🥰
Thank you so much for this tutorial! You are correct it is a game changer! I am now not afraid of joints. Thank you again and have an amazing week!
Yes!! I have another convert!😂 Good for you Bessie, let’s tell the others!😂🥰🤗
I can't thank you enough for being so generous with your information. Your wonderful videos are so inspiring.
So nice of you to say so! Thank you🥰
What an amazing system of joining! Thank you for sharing your skill!!
You are always Welcome Sally 🥰
So much easier than what I have been doing. Love you tutorials.
Hi Melody , thank you, It’s my mission to make things easier for you all!😊🥰
This was SO helpful! I found you a few days ago and I need to watch every one of your videos. So much great information!! Thank you, thank you!
I’m glad it helped! Happy sewing 🥰
Great video.. your a wonderful teacher
Thanks Kathy🥰
Thank you! You're little bear tutorial was the first bear I ever made. 🥰
I feel so honoured! I hope you make many more!😊🥰
Thanks so very much Lisa….. you are a gem! 🎉😊😍
Very informative. Your videos are very precise and clear to follow. You could create much larger patterns where we join sheets together for larger body sections, etc. Just create indication/registration marks to tape multiple printed patterns sheets from A4
Love you work hoping l can learn how to make some of your projects
I have never made a jointed toy, but this video has given me the confidence to make some thank you !
You will love it Darlene, Happy sewing!🥰
Your hair is amazing! ❤️
Aawww, thank you!🥰
Beautiful work!
Thank you!🥰
I just want to thank you so much for all your tips and expertise, you rock! I have thoroughly enjoyed your my tutorials.
Hey Martha! You are so Welcome, I’m happy to help!🥰🤗
Thank you, this was very informative.🥰
You are so welcome!🥰
Watching from Brazil, amazing your creations, thank you very match from this inspirations
Thankyou very much, from another Aussie
Gidday Lee! Great to have you on board! You are very welcome 😊🥰
Very useful. ..Thanks again x
Happy to help!🥰
This is a gem of a video! Thank you so much for sharing this!!
Best wishes ✨❤
You are so welcome! I hope it was useful 🥰🤗
This is a wonderful teaching video and thank you so much.
Yes i got great informations….thanks…i am getting my bolts,nuts and washers.
Happy to help!🥰
You are a wonderful teacher❤
Aawww, and you are lovely for saying so! Thank you🥰
This is great, I'm defiantly going to use this on the crochet dolls I'm making. Also I think if you use plastic disks instead of wood they might be machine washable.
Thankyou Lisa what a wonderful easy way for jointing toys
You are very welcome, It’s much easier than most people think!🥰
I absolutely loooooved the goat! Wow! Could you make a tutorial for the goat please? I'm a great fan of your work, England.
Hi Abigail, Thank you, my Goat is a One Of A kind Collectable piece, he features extensive resin sculpting and needle felting techniques which are a little too challenging for most makers, however I do plan to create a simpler version for you all!🥰🤗
One think I did pick up on was that your goat had jointed knees, which is something I'd like to incorporate in a bear, so he/she could sit on a shelf where the legs could bend at the back of the knees, so the legs are dangling off the shelf. Have I misunderstood how your goat's knees are jointed, as for the life of me I cannot fathom how this could be accomplished! I so admire your generosity and exquisite designs.
Thank you so much 🥰🥰💞💞!! I really appreciate that. Your time and tricks 🤣
Thank you for all you work- you were just plain amazing!!!
Thank you!🥰
Wow amazing thankyou for sharing
No habia visto esta cabrita, es una belleza, sin duda Liz es una Gran Maestra del arte de hacer juguetes.
Thank you so much!🥰
@@payitforward9442 LOVE
Thank you. Lisa for all of your information your work is incredible, and you are so kind sharing your patterns with us. I am looking forward to having a go at some of them soon xxx
You are so very welcome, I feel lucky to share with you all!🥰
I know I'm late but I just found your channel, your tips and tricks are fantastic! Thank you.
You are so very welcome!🥰
You make everything so easy to follow I love all your videos x
Hi Carol, thank you🥰
Absolutely amazing ive been using plastic joints but i want start making these but im looking online for bolts but its saying different widths of bolts . Which will i need please?
So good, also love the lamb so adorable
Thank you Jes!🥰
That was great! Thank you so much! Where I live it’s sometimes hard to buy supplies. Thank you again.
You are so welcome!🥰
Thank you sooooo much for this great tip!
My pleasure!🥰
wow! joints have always confused me. I didnt get how they worked, mostly because i couldnt find some clear info and visual. Thank you so much i totally get it now.
Happy to have helped!🥰
Thank you for sharing free patterns and tricks
You are so very welcome!🥰
Can you please tell me more about the metal screws/pins you are using. I would greatly appreciate it
Recién te empiezo a seguir, me encanta tu contenido y mil gracias por tus moldes de regalo.
Gracias y saludos desde Mexico!! 😊
Hi Lisa! I am sooo glad I found your channel today. I’ve wanted to make bears for a while (I love making soft toys), and I also started crocheting a few years ago,and discovered the world of amigurumi. I’m in the process of making my first crocheted jointed bear and the instructions for the disks and cotter pins were so confusing. I am definitely using this method! Thank you, and can’t wait to try some of your patterns.
Hi Juliette! I’m glad you found me, you sound very creative!😊 I adore Amigurumi! I never have time to learn😂 maybe one day, I hope you will enjoy creating with me🥰🤗
Hi LOVE your work! Great info that I found to be perfect. I wanted to use a nylon type disk with nylon bolts n nuts for soft toys that be repeatedly wash so that would be better? Again thanks for your tutorials. Keep them coming. God bless
Hi Michelle, thank you! Yes you can use acrylic joints or discs, however the neck joint on most soft toys needs to have a longer bolt which you fasten inside the body.🥰
LOVE this tip!! Why do it the traditional way, when you can do it the Pay way?!?!?
Wow! I love this😂 you are too kind 😊🥰
thank you so much for sharing ...would you considered horses ?
Hi Lisa when you said you would show us how to make the joints , I thought you ment how to cut them out of ply board? and not buy them. Please would it be possible for you to make a video on how the craft them from plywood. Thanks
Just found you, thank you for showing us all that you do.
You are always welcome Lori!🥰
trying this out for the first time, on my first jointed animal! I messed up a few bolts getting epoxy on the threads. Fingers crossed all will be well tomorrow. I'm excited, though!
Woo hoo! New project, there’s nothing like starting something new, Happy sewing Tammy!🥰
Fabulous. I felt apprehensive of making these but now I've watched this vid I'll def try it xxx
I hope you do Jenny!🥰
You're so awesome! Love this!
Thank you so much!🥰
Wonder if you can do this with plastic joints... so you don't have to worry about rust.
I 💕 love 💕 this idea. Thank you for sharing
How kind to show us this! THANK YOU!
My pleasure!🥰
Great video! Thank you!
My pleasure!🥰
Hi Lisa.Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Bright and Properous New Year. .. Ho Ho Ho 🎅🎅🎅
Thank you so much Tracey! And I hope you have a very creative Christmas! Stay safe!🥰🤗🎄
Great way to do the joints ! Thank you so much for your great video ! I am learning so much !
You are so welcome!
Wonderfully explained! Thank you. I can't find these 40 mm wonden disc on net at all. All out of stock. But I have found same but in hardboard. Will that be ok? Thank you
Hi Sylviane, yes hardboard will work beautifully depending on the thickness, perhaps glue 2 together for strength 🥰
Hi Lisa,l am a big fan of your work. I would like to ask you how l can make my own cotter joint, because it is o expensive.
Please give me a tip, I really appreciate it very much. You have a great day.
Thank you. I'm making my first ever jointed bear and this is an outstanding method!
I’m happy to help!🥰
So brilliant - thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!🥰
Hello Lisa,
Thank you for a great video as always. Would plastic joints be just as good as the wooden ones?
Thank you.
Regards,
Ann.
Hi Ann, Plastic joints are sometimes a suitable alternative, so long as they are still the correct sizes. In general though neck joints need to be hardware. Have a look at my other Jointing video for other alternatives 🥰
thank you for this great tip! It's wonderful!
Big thank you again, learnt some great tips from this video and made a felt bear off the back of it. I used a pattern that I already had that is very similar to yours just a bit bigger. I then enlarged your pattern for the teddy bear coat and made a coat for my bear. I used your hand stitching first tip! Amazing so much easier and then your eyes and ears tips, I wasn't using pins and was having to keep resewing the ears on. I also airbrushed my bear into a badger, how can I send you a photo of the end result? Thank you for sharing you and your skills and patterns x
Hi Kim , this sounds sooo exciting! If you follow me on Instagram Lisa Pay Artist. You can send pics to me there, can’t wait!🥰🤗