Beary the teddy bear in a vest (sort of)
So Beary is over 50 years old. His person wrote asking about “ a new coat, stuffing, facial features and attire”. Here are some of his diagnosis photos:
As you can see, he had many wounds, and many layers. His person also sent a photo of a younger Beary (not from his youngest days, but more middle age):
As you can see, he once sort of had a built in vest, with white pom poms, and he had red in his ears, and it looks like short fur. We agreed together that the best treatment for Beary would be to strip him down to his original layer, give him a spa, and then recover him in new fabric, giving him a new nose and eyes and pom poms. Here’s Beary when he arrived at the hospital (he flew cross country from NYC):
As you can see, he had lots of interesting layers. 🙂 I began removing the layers:
And eventually we got down to his base:
As you can see, he’s been well loved! His stuffing came out and he got a bubble bath:
Once dry, he got restuffed with a heart of original stuffing included:
The heart was made with some of his older layers of fabric, too. Next step was choosing a new white fur (we had agreed a red velvet would be good for his red bits). We had 5 options, and his person chose a short fur.
Soon Beary was recovered and we were going through options. Here he is with the nose she eventually chose, and a button we were considering instead of pom poms:
But we went for the pom poms, and felt eyes. Originally we tried black eyes with white pupils:
Then just black:
But eventually we reversed it and went for white eyes with a black pupil. They were all felt to match his original ones.
And here he is all better, and ready to fly home:
You can see the white felt blended into his fur once it was all sewn together, but it gave his eyes a bit of depth.
Beary flew home to NYC, through the December cold and package crush (patients always take longer to fly in December because all the shippers are so busy). He made it home in 4 days, which was fairly good. His person wrote:
Dear Beth,
I cannot tell you how thrilled I am with Beary and am so happy to have him back! He looks absolutely amazing, and you are clearly a miracle worker. Every detail was administered with such care and craftsmanship, and I am so very grateful for the care you put into reviving him. He will be cherished for many years to come!
