<p>Hello - Have any of you Moms inherited a mink coat and had it made into a teddy bear? I’ve seen several web sites where you send them the coat and they send you back the bear. If so, please post your experience; are you pleased with the result? Thanks.</p>
<p>I’ve never done it but I’ve seen ones made with recycled mink coats and they were beautiful.</p>
<p>My mother in law gave me a mink jacket of her’s years ago. I will never wear it and it has been sitting in the closet forever. I think I would rather have a teddy bear, even at my age!!</p>
<p>My mother turn hers into a bomber jacket with leather time and all the granddaughters have worn it at one time or another.</p>
<p>One of my friends had her grandmother’s mink stole turned into throw pillows for her bedroom. The front is fur, the back is fabric so they aren’t as bulky.</p>
<p>Ooooh! I have a gorgeous persian lamb fly-away jacket given to me by a beloved aunt. I’ve never worn it - sounds like a cool idea!</p>
<p>A bomber jacket sounds cool…</p>
<p>My mom: mink coat
Me: bomber jacket
My D: What? It’s not cold! </p>
<p>Guess I’m feeling a little weird sending something that valuable (esp. sentimental value) to a stranger and hoping they send something back.</p>
<p>Could I make a suggestion?
Back to nature: Used fur coats warm ill animals
Donations from Coats for Cubs program used to line nests, offer comfort
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Come on- let this fur do an animal a little good.</p>
<p>I just donated my late mother’s full length mink to a garage sale for Haiti.</p>
<p>I’d donated my great aunt’s mink stole to my community theater.</p>
<p>I personally would pass on having a mink teddy bear, but to each her own. :)</p>
<p>Has anyone ever taken someone’s old mink coat and had it remade for themselves? How much does it cost??</p>
<p>I’m liking the teddy bear idea. I have two mink stoles (inherited).Thinking that I could enjoy them for awhile and then gift them to my sons’ first borns.</p>
<p>My son had a friend whose grandmother gave him a mink teddy bear. It was his “security blanket” all through early childhood. When the boys reached middle school, they used to hide it when they played at his house. I once got a call at midnight from his mother: “Your son is so nice–woud you please ask him where they hid Teddy? My son can’t sleep.”</p>