Sally had a number of fur items including a 3/4 length dark muskrat fur coat, two blond mink stoles and a couple of mink collars (one mid-tone, one more grey in color). She wanted seven bears for her grandchildren.

There wasn’t enough fur from any one garment to make all seven bears from. At first I thought about trying to get seven bear bodies from the coat and do contrasting muzzles from the stole. Although I might have been able to get five bears from the coat, I couldn’t get seven full bear bodies. That meant I was not going to be able to get seven identical bears from the fur.

So, I decided to work at getting seven different bears (no two bears of the same color combination). By making two-toned bears and mixing up the furs, each bear is individual. In addition, I was able to take advantage of the different linings as part of the mix. Ultimately, I used nearly all of the fur sent me to create these babies.

I did have to cheat a bit. I needed one extra contrast fur so I added some black mink I had on hand for one of the bears. However, the black lining material on that bear came from one of the stoles.

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