"...beats all previous efforts, paws down....This well-respected designer of cuddly furries takes beginners step-by-step through the simplest one-pattern piece to more complicated efforts, including teddies with gusseted head, slight hump, or multi-jointed limbs. Each includes actual-size pattern pieces, sequential color photographs, materials and supplies, and a story fantasy...a thorough, professional discussion of materials or techniques."-- Booklist .
Asked to describe her work, Waugh replied: "I write children's books. I edit mystery anthologies with Martin H. Greenberg and others, and I am a very prominent entity in the world of teddy bears. This last facet has encompassed much of my work since the early 1980s. I was one of America's first teddy bear artists."