Once
upon a time there was a bear and a snail who were the best of
friends. They went on all sorts of adventures together. The snail
loved to collect fabric from all the different places they went. One
day the snail realised that she didn't have any more room for any
more fabric. Most of the fabric pieces were too small to make clothes
out of being fat quarters and half yards, but she loved to take them
out and look at them because they reminded her of all the wonderful
adventures she had with the bear.
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The
day she realised she had no more room in the snail house for fabric
was the same day she found out she needed to go on a trip on her own.
This made her sad because her bear friend wouldn't be there to share
in the adventure. So she made a pattern out of a paper bag and picked
her favourite piece of fabric and made a bear to take on the trip
with her.
It
wasn't quite as good as the real bear but it reminded her of the
wonderful adventures she and the real bear had and that made her
brave enough to try new things on her own. The paper bag bear now
goes everywhere.
This
inspired the snail, whose name is even-star, to use her paper bag
pattern and all of her lovely fabric from all of her amazing
adventures with the bear to make bears for other people. Bears to
keep people company or to inspire them to have their own amazing
adventures!
Each
paper bag bear is hand made in a garden shed in Essex in the United
Kingdom. They are made from very limited amounts of fabric that come
from all over the place. This means there could be only be two or
three bears in a particular pattern!
Each
paper bag bear comes with a certificate that tells you their name,
their distinguishing features, and how many of their pattern were
made. Fabric is not bought in bulk or purchased more than once so
your bear is truly unique and will never have any more like them
made. You know your bear is a one and only paper bag bear because the
certificate is signed by even-star.
A
paper bag bear is your bear friend forever. Collect them or give them
to your BFFs to share the adventure!
