Watch the Video Here: How to Make a Pattern from a Pre-Made Teddy Bear
My customer had a heartfelt request for me to carefully recreate a beloved bear that held a special place in her heart for her cherished grandchildren. To fulfill this meaningful task, I diligently hunted down the original bear and, after locating it, gently took it apart to examine its details. Here are the specific steps I followed to skillfully make the bear once again.
Watch the Video here: How To Made a Wedding Clutch from a Wedding Dress
The Mother of the Bride wanted to give her daughter a wonderful gift! A wedding clutch made from her own wedding dress. I wasn’t able to get it done in time for the shower. She went with someone else. You will see a very poorly made wedding clutch made by another seamstress. When the customer received her item she was shocked! You will be too. Raw seams, Velcro everywhere & the bag would not close. She used a premade bag, glue and Velcro!
Watch the process of me preparing the pattern, cutting the dress and embellishing the bag just the way her daughter wanted. .Now the Bride will have a beautiful bag that she can cherish and be proud to wear on her wedding day!
Watch the video here: Eric's Checkerboard Throw
Eric generously sent me three beautiful furs to work with. The collection included one elegantly soft white rabbit coat, one luxurious gray full-length mink coat, and one exquisite brown mink shawl. He expressed a desire for a large throw to enhance his living space. After some consideration, we decided on a classic checkerboard pattern, incorporating the rich brown mink as a stunning border. The hood of the gray mink was quite substantial, allowing us to utilize the leftover fur to create two matching pillows, each measuring 18 by 18 inches. The final measurements of the throw came to 54 by 65 inches, making it a perfect statement piece.
Watch the Video here: Cindy's Mink Stole Transformation
Cindy's Mink was repurposed into a Jointed Teddy Bear. The bear measure 14 inches high. Lining was used to make the collar, foot pads, paw pads and inner ears. There wasn't enough fur left over to make any additional items, but I did make a mini heart!!
Bear Pattern: Sebastian
Watch the video here: Lisa's Mink Coat Transformation
This mink coat was on the smaller size. The measurement from the shoulder to the hem was only 31. Final transformation measurement was 44 by 44 inches.
My daughter made me a AI generated song about my website! You tell the program a few things about the topic and it writes a song!!! It was so good I had to make a video showing many of the custom orders I made over the years. Believe me this only scratches the surface. See if you can find your project amongst the rest. Let's make some more memories together!
Watch how here: How to Make a Plush Bunny From Fur
A customer asked if I could use her Mink sleeves from a Mink Coat to make a bunny. The bunny came out so cute! What do you think? Watch the how to above.
Watch the Video Here: Gloria's Silver Tipped Racoon Coat Transformed into a Throw & Pillow
Gloria's Racoon coat was a joy to work with. It was about 30 to 35 years old. The fur was in pristine condition. The lining of this fur had a film of dirt and oil. It took four washes to clean all the dirt out of the fibers. The final measurement of the throw was 48 by 50 and we made an 18 inch pillow to match.
See the video here: Allyson's Mink
Allyson's wanted to transform her mother's coat into a throw. The fur was in wonderful condition. She used a beautiful black velvet backing with the wave quilting design as accent. The final measurements were: 50 by 60.
Christmas in July
I have to admit I have had these waiting to be embroidered for months now. Finally had a little free time.
See video here: Mike's Aunt's Mink Transformation
What a great project. Mike's coat belonged to his Aunt. He wanted a new lining, but we used the old lining on the pillows and used the monogram on the throw. The monogram was placed in the upper right corner of the backing. This coat's hood was so large I was able to make the throw 54 by 70 inches and even had enough to make two 18 inch pillows!
See the video here: Beaver Coat Transformation
The colors of the throw are so beautiful! Original lining was used for the backing.
Final dimensions were: 53 by 53 inches.
Watch the video here: Mink Coat Transformation
Larry’s coat was in great condition. A custom backing was created according to the specification of the customer. Final Measurements: 46-51
See Video here: Ellyne's 4 Beautiful Furs Transformed
The customer sent in five fur coats to be transformed into throws and possible pillows. Before I started the project, I contacted the customer and described what we could do with each and every one of the furs. While reviewing the furs the customer decided that she wanted to hold on to her Silver short waisted mink coat. It was absolutely stunning!!! So, it does not appear in the video. The first throw that I worked on was the full-length Beaver coat. From this coat, I was able to make a throw as well as an 18 by 18-inch pillow. The next fur that I worked on was the full-length fox. It was a light-colored fox. I have a love hate relationship with fox. The fur is soft and luxurious to touch, but the fur flies everywhere! The next project that I worked on was a combination of two short waisted coats. One of those coats was a darker fox as well as a white mink coat. I offered the customer several design variations. The customer chose to have the white mink in the center portion of the throw and the darker fox around the outside border of the fur throw. I had enough smaller pieces to make a 16 by 16-inch pillow. The inside portion of the pillow was a combination of the darker brown fox as well as the light-colored fox from project #2. On the outside of this pillow, I used the white mink trim that went all the way around the collar area. Unfortunately, the leather portion of the white mink trim was slightly damaged and dried. I used a specialized oil to help soften the leather. And for the majority of the fur, it worked, but there were portions that had to be taken out because the leather was just too dry and brittle. I used an additional leather stripping on top of the old leather stripping. And on that pillow, I also added an additional leather stripping all the way around the border of the pillow. And then I hand sewed the white mink trim onto the additional leather stripping. Here are the following sizes of the projects mentioned above:
Beaver throw: 51 by 55
Full Length Fox throw: 52 by 55
Short Waisted Fox and Mink Combination: 51 by 53
Beaver pillow: 18 by 18
Fox / Mink Trim Pillow: 16 by 16
Watch the video here: Beverley's Beautiful Mink Transformation
Beverly's Mink was made in the 1990's. It belonged to her mother. I love being able to take a loved one's beloved item and turn it into a family heirloom. The original lining was use, but the monogram was left out. A copper brown silk crepe was used on two of the outside panels on the lining. Final Measurements: Throw: 52 by 54 Pillow: 14 X 14 with pillow and zipper installed.
Watch MJ’s Mink Transformation here: MJ's Video
The customer wanted to make a throw and a teddy bear from her mink coat. The coat had both sheared and unsheared fur. The unsheared fur was used in both the bear and the throw's border. The total measurement for this throw was 43 by 47 and the bear is 12 inches tall. Bear Pattern used: Funky Friends Factory ~ Melody Memory Bear Lots of cute animal patterns there. Go check them out! https://www.funkyfriendsfactory.com
Watch the video here: Jana's Lynx Coat
What do you do when you want a nice size throw and your coat is too small/short? Coat made only a 35 by 50 throw. Way too small during a cold winter’s night. The customer and I decided to go with a faux fur that was close in color to the Lynx coat.
We used faux fur as a border and it came out great!
Finished project size 50 by 63.
See the video here: Anne's Throw & Pillow
Beautiful Mink Coat transformed into a throw & pillow. Lovely embroidered coat lining used as the backing. Final Measurement 47 by 50 for the throw and 16 by 16 pillow. View Part II on tackling the intricate backing.
Watch the video here: Michele's full length tanuki coat transformation
This project consisted of a full length tanuki coat To be transformed into a throw and a pillow. The fur was in excellent condition. The fur was very thick and must have been super warm in its heyday. It also accompanied a headband, as told by the customer that she used to wear it mainly in the 80s.
The final measurement of the coat was 56 by 58. The pillow measured 16 by 16. The customer chose to use her lining for the back of the pillow as well as maintaining her monogram. She used a pre quilted backing for the throw.
