Monica Harrigil sent us about six interesting, older hats and asked us to make bears for her four grandchildren from them. Three of the hats were made of felt but there simply wasn’t any way to get four bears from the hats so, instead, I suggested that we make...
Colleen Schwartz-Hall sent her late grandmother’s Persian lamb coat to have us make this quartet of bears. She also sent a photo of her grandmother wearing the coat and asked us to make a photo badge for each bear.
Mary Hartzell sent her mink stole to have these two teddy bears made for her adult children as a gift. We used the lining from the stole for paw and ear pads.
Cynthia Mathews sent the sleeves of a fur coat to have this little guy made. The sleeves were leftover when she had the original jacket turned into a vest. This was the perfect use of the leftover fur.
Dawn sent several fur coats and stoles that belonged to her late mother to have a variety of animals made in her memory. We ended up with five bears, two bunnies, a killer whale and two ponies. The bears and bunnies were made of mink and seal, the whale was made of...
Dolores Hattendorf sent a shaved beaver fur stole to have this bear made. She gave us free reign to select the eye color and decide whether or not to use the lining for a scarf. We chose blue eyes because they showed up better against the dark fur and I decided not to...
