Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

So this is the second bear that I had restored.   I bought her for $20 on ebay (yessss!).   She's 20 inches tall.   She had to have three cleanings, and her nose and mouth were restitched.   Isn't she beautiful?????   I can't believe she's the same bear!!

before

after

So...i love old bears, and a couple of months ago I bought two big old bears, one a big old Chiltern...and one a very old bear on ebay.
They were both quite dirty and dusty, so I decided to have them restored by a TOTALLY FANTASTIC Teddy Bear Repairer in Virginia, Martha Anderson.  (Is it okay to mention her name?)

Anyway, here are the results:  The first is the Chiltern before and after (she had to restuff his neck and give him a good overall clean).  Look at the difference in color!   

What do you think???  I am totally excited about how they came out.  Woohooo!   

I'll post the second bear tomorrow.  :0)

before

sweeeet!  Looks like a fluffy cloud!

      A new scarf -- just what I need!

https://www.mohairbearmakingsupplies.co … s/growlers

Here is where you can buy a growler!  They would probably know what kind to buy.  :0)

I found the growler I bought at Hugglets and took a few pictures for you to see.  It's about two inches high or so.  (nice bear, by the way)

WOW!!!  What a fabulous group of bears!!!

I'm not sure there's a way to tell exactly from a photo, but here's a Vermont Teddy bear of mine that's mohair so you can see the difference (kinda sort of).  She's lavender tipped.

Love him!!!      

Oh, good point, Becky.   The excelsior I would think would be infested with mold.  :0(