a very very easy bear pattern is from Carol's Zoo. Has two pieces and can literally be made in one hour. It sounds too simple but the bear does have some personality and is cute.

Simplicity 5461 is my favorite. I have made a half a dozen out of fleece for the children's hospital. It makes up really fast and is so cute.

Possibilities, or The Great American Quilt Factory, in Denver, CO have my favorite nonjointed teddy bear pattern. It comes in 3 sizes in one pattern and 1 large bear in another. They don't have eyes or nose to bother with, but I'm sure you could add them if you want. Their addie is www.possibilitiesquilt.com. Hope this helps you.

I came up with a teddy bear pattern (free to download)at www.howjoyful.com - it's a pretty good-sized bear and besides being able to print out the pattern pieces (covers several pages), she has a complete tutorial. Haven't tried making it yet but it looks pretty "do-able."
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thank all of you for your help there sure is a lot of free patterns out there

try freeteddybearpatterns.net I saw alot of cute patterns there last nite

simplicity 8418....although i've had it for a long time.....Here's what the bear looked like - This was the medium size. The bear was made from quilts that my grandmother made.

Hi Magpie: Thank you for the website. I found the directions for making thread catchers which I copied and plan to make as gifts for all the ladies in my quilt club. I've made them before but didn't have a pattern and find the ones I made had a few "imperfections" that I never bothered to fix. Now with the pattern I'll just make the bags RIGHT the first time....no "do overs!" Thank you.

I also enjoyed that site and the cute things they provide patterns for at no charge. I and my children/grands/great grands are past the teddy bear age so I won't be making any of those but did enjoy the idea of using Kool Aid as a dying medium for fabric. May use that sometime.

Hope you and yours had a Blessed Thanksgiving, too.

Do you mean a stuffed animal or a quilt pattern? If you mean a quilt pattern there is one here...
http://www.quilterscache.com/T/TeddyBearBlock.html

I made a custom pattern for bears 18-21" and will mail you a copy if you would like. I don't have instructions for it but if you sew much you should be able to figure it out. Just send me a snail mail address!