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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Well-loved, played-with, but still lovable!
- To restore or not to restore?
- MATERIALS AND TOOLS:
- Know your replacement materials and parts-
Old plush,
New plush made to look antique,
Voices,
Eyes,
Stuffing and filling material,
Paw and Pad Replacement,
Needles, Yarn and Thread - Tools and Accessories
- Know your replacement materials and parts-
- TEDDY BEAR AND PLUSH ANIMAL REPAIR:
- Cleaning-
Larva, moths and other creatures
Not even the strongest Teddy can survive 100 tumbles in a washing machine
Brushing and vacuuming
Washing and drying - Plush Repair-
Florian: The very old, "naked" Teddy, before and after
Replacing plush
Reinforcing and mending holes and seams
- Cleaning-
- TEDDY BEAR PAWS AND SOLES:
- Worn Teddy Bear paws and soles are the most common ailment
- MOVEMENT:
- Movement through jointed disks and wires
- FILLING, STUFFING AND VOICE BOX REPLACEMENT:
- The insides turned out
- Refilling, stuffing and sewing up
- DECORATING:
- How does Teddy or a plush animal get its expression?
- Teddy's mouth completely redone
- Eyes make the facial expression
- Mouth and nose embroidery are precision work
- The difficulty of matching the ears
- Embroidering the claws
- Unfortunately, there are some hopeless cases
- Afterword