Little Miss Pinky Bear

This little Miss Pinky Bear came to us from Vancouver Island.  Not too far but she did have to take a ferry to get to the hospital.

Just love the colour pink!  If you look at the top of her leg you can really see the difference in colour; so  usual in an older bear.  Too bad it has faded so much.      

 

Missy really needed some major mending - broken leg, ruptured belly, paw pads worn, eyes that needed to be attached, and surface cleaning..

Back view...Check out her necklace.

Close up view of this beautiful bear.  I love her embroidered nose.   Very different style from other bears we have worked with. 

Finally all back together and ready to dance - new pad pads, leg attached, belly sewn up and a new growler added so I can roar.

Look at my intricate paw pads...the details on this bear is quite amazing.  We copied the embroidery on all of the paw pads.  Even the foot pads had details. 

All finished and she is ready to go home.  My favorite is her very stylish pop beads!  The 60's lives on with this little Miss Pinky Bear.  I love the 60's!!!!   

Fur Bears Made Out of Old Fur Coats

After many years of clients asking if we could make their mom's fur coat into a bear, we decided to make them again.  Why do you ask?  The Bear Doctor retired from her old business and I told her that I would cut, sew, and stuff them.

Our first commission was from three siblings who wanted their mothers mink and beaver coats transformed into three bears. 

Stripping and cutting the coats....Ahhhhhhhh what a mess.  I killed the vacuum twice from cleaning up the cut fur from the floor.  Never use a vacuum to clean up fur bits.  It just doesn't work very well.

Three bears

Sewing the pieces together.  When you make more than one bear don't forget which piece goes to which bear!  Also during the sewing process I broke about 20 sewing machine needles sewing up the two beaver bears.  Very thick fur and leather, but it makes such beautiful bears.

For all of the bears paw pads we used some of the lining from one of the coats.  The leather was too though so we oped to use glass noses instead of embroidering them in.  Even putting the eyes in was not easy.  

Beaver

Mink

Beaver

Osh Kosh Baby Bear

This Osh Kosh baby came with his own baby blanket and some specific orders for the repairs.  The extremely thread bare bear needed a new body and clothes.  The clothes had to be made out of the similar waffle type fabric.

  

  

After much hunting in fabric and thrift stores for the exact fabric, we found a child's blue pants made from similar fabric and some white fabric that we had in our stash.   The white shirt was made with a bumpy fabric using the original light blue binding on the sleeves.  The Osh Kosh label and buttons were removed from the original outfit and appliqued onto the new pants.

  

Mervyn's Store Playful Pals, White Bear with Pink Floral Paws

Mervyn's Bear was well loved and played with, but needed some TLC.  The Mom wanted her bear cleaned, some more stuffing added and to replace the paw pads and the inside of the ears with a floral print.  This Playful Pal use to have a floral print on her paws and inside of her ears.  At one point in this bears life someone replaced Teddy's paw pads with plaid print and it too was showing signs of wear. 

Another view of the old look

All cleaned up and more stuffing added.  We found floral fabric, which once was a vintage sheet, that matched the colour of her nose.

Winnipeg Teddy Bear - Fireman Surprise!!!

Last month I fixed a doll for the same owner of this bear.  The doll belonged to her mother and she wanted the doll re-strunged so it could sit.  

She was so impressed with our work that the mommy wanted her little teddy bear fixed, but she only wanted the minimal because none of her family wanted the bear.  She wanted the Bear Doctor to replace the eyes, re-stuff one arm, give him nose job, and stuff the neck so his head wouldn't flop around.  

She has had this bear since she was a young child.  He was well played with and her mother mended and re-stuffed the teddy bear and even made a little hat and pants for him.  Unfortunately, the mommy took the pants with her so we didn't get a photo with him in it, but the hat was sewn on.  We just received pictures of me in my clothes sitting on my antique chair.  Please take a look at me!

The Doc noticed a strange bump and several hole in the one leg.  She just couldn't send the teddy home with holes and a strange bump.  So...She opened him up and found scraps of fabric in his leg.  

MAY BE GRAPHIC FOR SOME VIEWERS.... SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SCROLL DOWN BELOW

Just full of all sorts of scraps.

We even found a Custom Tailor Label inside the leg.  Strange??!!

These were his glass eyes.  Very usually eyes.  They were glued into the bears head; usually they have wire loops at the ends and are strung through the head of the bear.   I guess he wouldn't pass the Toy Manufacturing criteria.  Hum

I'm just a doll now!  I have a new nose and mouth, eyes, top cleaned and best of all my leg was re-stuffed with fiberfill.

When we showed the mommy the what was inside the bear...she almost cried.  The label was from her father who was a fireman in Winnipeg.  Her mother must have used it along with the other fabric to stuff the teddies leg.  Wonder what else is in this bear?   

Here I am fully dressed.  Don't I look smart!

  

Love sitting in my antique chair.

Little Lion from Toronto Canada

This little guy was sent to us from Toronto, in a business size bubble wrap envelope.  He was a desperately needing a bath, stuffing, and fixed seams. 

I can barely sit up without falling over.  I look really bad.  Please help me!

I can't hold my head up!  Help

Oh how embarrassing.  You can see my wrinkles. 

Look at me now!  I'm clean and the Doc combed my fur until all the fluff was removed.  Then the Doc filled me to the brim with stuffing.  My Daddy is going to love me.  So happy that the Teddy Bear Doctor could breath new life into me. 

The Doc could not send me back in the small business size envelope, she had to make me a new box.  I was so happy to be flying 1st class instead of business.  Thanks Doc. 

Rough Albertan Cow Boys Rangle Vaca the Cow...

Vaca the Cow came from Alberta, she was missing a nostril, horns, and had a wobbly neck.  These hooligans roughed her up!  

Her momma and Vaca have been together for the past 30 years. 

 

Vaca the Cow has been washed, two new nostrils...so they match and two new horns.  Also her ears were re-attached!  She looks like a new Cow!