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Willowbee Crafts by Pam

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I specialise in creating bespoke Memory & keepsake Bears and Animals. I also love to make Ragdolls. All enquiries welcome.

I have always had a love of arts and crafts which began with card craft and cake making. But my passion is making Bespoke Memory & keepsake bears and critters. These beauties are made from your loved ones clothes. I like to work with you and have your input into creating your vision. In my spare time I discovered a love for needle felting and found a love for needle felted fairies. I also love making and creating ragdolls & faux fur jointed teddy bears. If you like what you see they are available for sale and each will be made especially for you.

26/10/2026

I was asked to create 2 memory bears from a shell jacket and a pair of pajamas.

The jacket was a dark multi brown shell jacket. Now i would normally say no to this type of material for fear of the fabric running or fraying but after lining it with interfacing i was confident it would pair well with some if my white polar fleece. It worked really well. !! So i was happy 😊
I added the jacket collar a little hood and some of the detailing from the jacket onto the bear. How handsome is he ! 💙

The pajamas were a brushed cotton fabric so once lined with the interfacing it was a pleasure to work with. Again I paired some of the fabric with my pale blush pink fleece. Then I made her, her own set of pjs ! I love her ! 💖

Both bears are just waiting to be picked up to go back to their forever home ###

26/10/2026

This lovely bear was made in memory of a much loved & missed Mum ❤️

I was given a fleece jacket with wolves on it. I was also lucky to be given free reign on design.

The fleece was quite dark so I was worried the bear would be quite dark. So after a quick discussion with the ladys daughter we decided to use some of my white polar fleece to compliment the fleece.

So happy with how she turned out. She'll be going to her forever home very soon. ❤️❤️❤️

25/10/2026

As you all know i do run a little soft toy hospital. So when I was asked if I could " do something " with Mr Clowny who was i to turn him away.

This is a long post so you may want to grab yourself a cuppa !!!

Well over 30yrs old Mr Clowny had been and still is a very very much loved favourite soft toy. He started life as a Commonwealth Jesty the clown back in 1990.

His outfit was worn and torn in many places. His hair had been twiddled with and was loosing its colour.
His nose ! I believe had been chewed on ha ha ha !! And was just about hanging on!
Bless him he had just lost all him "" umph"" !!! But had over the years been lovingly sewn back together until there was nothing left to sew.

So, after a few coffees and much ooo, mmmm and ahhhing ! I decided he had to be taken apart so I could make a pattern of his body. I was given a teal coloured velour track suit to try and wrap it round him to keep him together. But I thought he had come this far let's make him a new body !!
I was able to keep his original face, original hair and his, original shoes( with sqeekers).

His body was taken apart and transfered to the velour tracksit material. I used strong interfacing so I would have something to sew onto.
Next I took ""off his head"" !! . Made him a new hat and added more hair. Using the stuffing from his old nose i was able to reshape it and added felt to create a new nose. I then made a pocket at the back of his face to restuff his face and add his new nose.

I have to say, I was truely dreading taking him apart! But what an honour to be able to restore him. Although a little different from the original Clowny I now hope he has many more years of love left in him.

Thank you Julie for trusting me. And for allowing me to bring a little bit of magic back to Mr Clowny's step ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

25/10/2026

I was honoured to make this family of bears. In loving memory of a much loved a deeply missed Mum & nanny ❤️

Each bear was made specifically from clothes chosen by the family member recieving the bear.

I absolutely loved making them all. Each one was so unique. The lady loved her handkerchies so each bear had their own hanky ❤️

After a lovely family gathering today. Each bear was given to their forever homes. How lovely was that. I was told there were a few tears but I hope happy ones ❤️❤️❤️❤️

22/10/2026

Good morning,

I haven't done one of these amazing bears for ages. So it was nice to finally make one again. To be kept as a keepsake.

14/10/2026

Hi everyone 👋

I have today 3 beautiful bears. Made in memory of a beautiful Daughter, Sister and Fiance. Taken far to soon from the family 🩷💔🩷

The lady loved the film "The Nightmare before Christmas "
So i was given 2 of her favourite snuggle hoodies to create 3 bears. As the hoodies were quite dark we decided to add some white polar fleece material just to make the contrast and the dark colours pop.

I used a mixture of all 3 materials to create the bears. Then made each bear their own snuggle hoodie and blanket.

I loved making these bears. They were so unique. Sometimes its a challenge to match up patterns. But im so pleased to say the pictures were random so that helped.

Here they are. Made in time for the ladies Heavenly Birthday 🕊

05/10/2026

This gorgeous family of bears and cushion was made in memory of a much loved and deeply missed Mum and Nan ❤️

As you can see she loved her striped tops !!
Each family member chose their favourite top and I was asked to create a bear for them using that top.

They are now back with their families ❤️❤️❤️

05/10/2026

Hi everyone, i know its been awhile since I last posted. Hope you are all keeping well ❤️

I was asked to make 3 keepsake dogs for a family in loving memory of their little dog tramp 💙🐾💙

I was given his dog blanket , dog bed and a few little jumpers. So with a little bit of hard work and a sprinkling of magic dust Tramps keepsakes were born.

I used the dog blanket for the main body of the dog and then used part of the digbed and jumpers to create the paws, ears and collars.

What do you think ...im a little in love ❤️ same pattern but 3 different looks. ###

A little piece of Tramp is now back with their family ###

10/09/2026

Omg ! How adorable are these Memory keepsake puppies !

Made in memory of "Slinky the Dashund"
I was given 2 of slinkys blankets to make 2 keepsakes for the family. I used the Funky friends pattern which is an amazing pattern to work with. Aren't they adorable !!

Made in memory of "Cooper the labrador "
The family gave me 2 of coopers favourite blankets to make 2 keepsakes for the family. Again a funky friends pattern. Just such a lovely pattern. I am in love ❤️

It was hard to let these little beauties go ! But they are now on there way home to their families ###x

10/09/2026

Today i have for you 5 bears made in memory of a much loved & deeply missed Dad 💙

Free reign on design with just 3 items of clothing to be added to each bear. I just love shirt bears 🐻 the collars just finish them off nicely.

These lovely bears are now on their way home. After a very long wait. 💙🐻💙🐻💙🐻💙🐻💙🐻

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

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