For James
created from his family heirloom mink stole
Vintage Mink Bears by Kathy Myers
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Custom "Sister" Teddy Bears
created for Carol and Joe
To see more photos of this custom pair
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Work in Progress
Custom Order #2 for James
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| I will be creating one teddy from this lovely grey mink stole using my Custom Teddy Pattern #1 |
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| This mink stole is one of my favorites to work with: wonderful dense hairs and best of all full pelts! |
Saturday, September 5, 2015
WIP "Sister Bears"
Custom order for Carol and Joe
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| I have not been able to work on these teddies for the last few days because they should have been finished by now. Unfortunately I spent all this past week in different doctor's offices with either my mother or my daughter and by the time I got home I was just too exhausted or I had household chores to do. I'm hoping that this weekend I will get more bear-making time because I finished the bodies last week and got the heads started. Now is the most important part: completing the heads. I'm making them at the same time so I can keep these two sister bears very similar. So far, so good. |
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
Spotted dog ... WIP for Laura
Laura requested a spotted dog from her crosscut mink scraps ... great choice because I love making my spotted dogs! I enlarged my dog pattern to make a dog as large as possible from the remaining scraps. I managed to enlarge my original dog pattern by 30%.
I will be updating as I go ... so check back again ...
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| A pile of pattern pieces As you can see I tried to cut out a mix of black and white. |
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| I still hand sew the entire dog ... this is the most time consuming part ... but there are so many tricky darts and other areas that need intricate joining that hand sewing is my only choice. |
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| So far the head is looking great! |
Monday, August 10, 2015
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Custom ... WIP Skunk
Custom order for Laura
2 skunks from her crosscut mink
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| I am altering this pattern to make 2 custom skunks from the crosscut mink. I've enlarged it by 25% and made some other changes. |
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| I am considering using the chevon patterned pelt to use for the tail ... that could be interesting. |
Skunks in real life have many different black and white patterns:
This is such a unique custom order that I will be creating a photo journey of the
creation of these two skunks ... so keep checking back for updates.
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