newbie to the board, but not to bears :)

[sunhuntin]

hi everyone, just joined up.

mum and i have been collecting bears for a few years now... she collects, but i do most of the "supplying" even when she tells me enough is enough, lol. weve got around 3000 now. we never really got into the making side of things, though i did make one once that was really tiny, but really fluffy.

i found a bear today that is in desperate need of some help. he looks like a new zealand made pedigree bear, but hes lost a lot of stuffing somehow... he looks like hes been run over... hes really floppy and has almost nothing protecting his joints. does anyone know how this could happen? hes got no holes or obvious repair points, so im picking he was washed or something? hes also got a broken growler.

wed like to repair him, but want to keep him as close to original as possible. any advice would be greatly appreciated. :) normally we would leave him as is, but hes just so sad sitting there all flopped over cos he doesnt have the stuff to support himself.

thanks in advance!!!

[Judi Russell]

Welcome to the forum, there are lots of people here who will be able to help you. The stuffing probably just got compressed from lots of loving, it is easy to just undo a seam and restuff him.
3000 bears wow!! where do you keep them all, have you had to build a new house for them :6044:

[sunhuntin]

thanks for the welcome!

i think you may be right about the stuffing being loved too much. i had the bear on the bed last night. normally, toys end up on the floor. but the bear was cuddled right up next to me.

the bears are everywhere, literally. only the kitchen and bathroom are bear free zones, lol. and there are hundreds stored in boxes in the attic, lol. weve mostly got good ol russ bears, with a few other mass market and home mades and about 5 or 6 expensive teds thrown in. we buy them mostly from thrift shops.