Heartbreaker the Hippo Heartbreaker was a well loved hippo. He once had a silk tie with white hearts, but the hearts faded. His eyes once gazed on her person with all the love in the world, but now their gaze was imagined. He lost a bit of tail somewhere along the way, along with all…
For you dino and Mario fans… May I present Yoshter’s visit to the stuffed animal hospital Yoshter’s person first wrote in January. He was 20 plus years old and had had many adventures, including travelling, going to college, and some nerve wracking washing machine rides (he won’t do that anymore). But now, he had a…
Flag the deer’s visit to the stuffed animal hospital This is a story I thought I had told… I had written that I told it, but apparently I didn’t, because I can’t find it! But if I did and you know the tail, you can scroll to the end for the latest updates which I…
Celeste the elephant visits the stuffed animal hospital for cleaning, repair, and a new wardrobe Today I thought I’d share Celeste’s tale. She visited the hospital over the summer. Once upon a time, she was gifted to a baby girl, but after several decades, Celeste had lost her weight and her clothes and was popping…
U-Chan the pink bunny U-Chan’s person’s mom wrote: “Hello I am interested in your services for repairing my daughter’s #1 love – her bunny.” I’m sure many of you could empathize with that description of a stuffed animal! And the bunny was very well hugged indeed. Here is her diagnosis photo: There were many options…
The White Elephant (Blue Teddy’s friend) So Blue Teddy made it home and in her same email where she was so happy with arrival, his person wrote: “Given the beautiful work on him, I am really hoping you will consider the same makeover /full recover on the white elephant. I will upload some pics of…
Blue Teddy in Distress… Blue Teddy is his person’s favorite bear. At 70 plus years old though, he was showing his age pretty severely. Here are a couple of his diagnosis photos: Not only was he deflating, and having joint issues, but his fabric was disintegrating in place due to age and drying, and as…
A penguin bath and plump: Tuxedo Sam Tuxedo Sam’s person is one of you, dear readers! 🙂 They wrote to me earlier this year about Sam: I was wondering if you had any availability to help me refurbish my best friend, Tuxedo Sam? He’s a Sanrio character that I became enamored with when I was…
Teddy bear cleaning: Just a spa This is a continuing entry in the irregular series of “Just a spa”. 🙂 This teddy bear had been washed in the past, when his person was a child, but even then he never looked brand new. And today, years later, Mr. Huggy (that’s his name) was definitely looking…
Raggedy Andy As some of you who’ve been reading for some time know, in addition to stuffed animals, I also repair (and actually make) cloth dolls. This part of the hospital is rather specialized, mostly all cloth dolls, not ones with plastic parts or mobile eyes or hand knitted ones. My specialty is fabric (including…