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From Fur to Friends
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Right Needle?
Choosing a needle fit for purpose is crucial for the success of your sewing project. When making bears there are 3 types of hand sewing needles and 4 types of embroidery needles that I always have handy on my worktable. Are you using the right needle?Choosing a needle...
Introducing Roxy
Introducing Roxy, a handsome Bramble Wood bear. Roxy is a cheeky, cuddly, sociable chap. A medium sized bruin who adores luxury and likes to be included in everything you do. Roxy is a 1920’s style bear, made from 100% luxurious mohair, cotter pin jointed, with...
Creativity – Important?
As a child I was very fortunate that my mother understood the importance of creativity. Even before we went to school, she would sit my siblings and I around the dining room table covered with coloured paper, crayons, paints, fabric scraps and glue. We were encouraged...
Introducing Milo
Introducing Milo, a medium sized bruin. A kit bear, related to the Bramble Wood collection. Small enough to slip easily into your suitcase but still large enough to warrant a cuddle. Ratiné mohair and ultra-suede pads, 1920’s traditional styled, glass eyes and...
Mrs Duttons Workshops
Mrs Duttons Wondrous Workshops used to be a haberdashery shop in Ilkley called Duttons for Buttons, Ilkley. The space has recently been renovated into a glamorous workrooms for all sorts of traditional crafting disciplines from embroidery to bear making. Light and...
Bramble Wood Bears
England has oodles of foraging opportunities in the hedgerows and along the seashore. Edible delights that are free for those who know where they are and what to do with them., crab apples, wild herbs, cockles, and brambles, to name just a few! Where there is food,...