Vintage Teddy Bear Clipart & SVG: 30 Cozy Storybook Bears

This teddy bear clipart follows one character through 30 designs: a cream-colored bear with tan inner ears, brown paw pads, pink cheeks and dashed seam lines stitched across its head. Twenty-eight designs dress it in soft, faded clothes, cable knits, linen smocks, polka-dot sleepers and patched overalls, in a palette of cream, sage, dusty blue, mustard and coral. The last two are plain black silhouettes.

What each number shows

• 01 and 06–12, everyday poses: sitting in a turtleneck and rolled jeans beside a star cushion, waving in a sailor collar, stacking wooden blocks, planting a seedling in a clay pot, holding a leaf over one shoulder, perched on a stool with a pinwheel, hugging its knees, and leaning on a bolster while smelling a daisy.
• 02–05, little stories: a red heart held in both paws, a walk in a blue duffle coat with a satchel, reading a book flat on its tummy, and a star balloon on a string.
• 13–16, portraits: head and shoulders only, with a smile, a sideways glance, closed eyes and a sprig of berries, or a red hooded shawl.
• 17–20, baby days: crawling in a diaper, holding a bottle on a crescent cushion, lying back with a hanging star toy, and asleep under a patchwork quilt.
• 21–24, patches: a square pocket patch, a blue heart sewn on the sole of a foot, a round patch on the arm, and two knee patches on green overalls.
• 25–28, scenes: asleep on a crescent moon with two stars, lounging on a blue cloud, watering daisies from a can, and sitting on a tasseled cushion with a bouquet.
• 29–30, silhouettes: one bear curled up asleep and one mid-run.

Painted PNG, simplified vectors

The color PNGs are the full pictures, with visible fur texture, knit stitches and fabric weave on a transparent background. Every one is 3600 pixels on its long side, which leaves plenty of room for the shirt and cup sizes below. The SVG, EPS and DXF files are traced versions in flat color, between 48 and 147 fill colors per design. Up close the fur turns into blotches of two or three tans, and the coral clothing shifts to caramel brown.

The black folder works the same way. For 01 to 28 it holds a black outline trace of the color art. The fur texture comes through as many small closed loops inside the face and body (a black DXF has between 127 and 457 separate shapes), so these read as busy sketches rather than clean coloring lines. Designs 29 and 30 are the simple shapes in the set, one solid piece each.

Sizes from the guide

Every DXF opens 10 inches wide in inch units, and the EPS files share that width. The SVGs have no size stored, so set the width after you import them. The guide suggests 4 to 5 inches on a bodysuit, 7 to 8 inches on a child’s shirt and 3 to 4 inches across a printed cup. For the patch designs 21 to 24 it recommends testing at 4 inches or larger and using the PNG when printing smaller. Test your material first, and mirror the design only when your transfer method calls for it.

Questions

Why is the red cardigan brown when I open the SVG?

The vector files use a reduced set of flat colors. The coral reds in designs 02, 04, 09, 12, 16, 19, 22 and 28 come out as a caramel brown in the SVG, EPS and DXF versions. Use the PNG if you want the original colors.

Are designs 29 and 30 different in the black folder?

No. The two silhouettes are already solid black, so the color folder and the black folder hold the same file for each of them.