Miniature handmade collectable mohair Teddy Bears by Jean Grogan

Hello, my name is Jean Grogan and I have been creating miniature bears for the past 10 years or so. My first and only much loved childhood bear went missing during a house move some 20 years ago. Perhaps it was with him in mind that I began making 'old bears'. I find that each one seems to take on an identity of his/her own and I never tire of making them.

I suppose you could say that my bears never look pristine!! I much prefer the well loved bears full of character

I have many different styles of bears, they all, however, have that 'much loved' feel to them. Recently I have added my version of the soldier bears that were given to soldiers going to war in WW1 by their loved ones. Also, during the past couple of years I have been making more and more dogs and other animals including pigs, giraffes and a cow. Please look in my gallery of bears to see past creations.

I make bears 7 days a week and almost in my sleep so there are always new bears going on the site! Please add me to your favourites or join my mailing list if you would like to be notified when new bears go onto my site.

All my bears are hand stitched using materials such as mohair, viscose, alpaca, and vintage upholstery velvet . I have become quite obsessed with sourcing out vintage and unusual fabrics and love using them to make different bears They are all fully jointed and are weighted with steel shot.
Each bear comes with a sewn in label saying Little Scruffs.

I was thrilled to bits to receive this surprise birthday present from the lovely and talented Helen Jones who has a few of my Little Scruffs in her collection

Juggling Tales by Dot Taig is now out in print and available from me. It is Ł6 + Ł1 postage (within the UK)

This is a book of short stories including one about Little Scruffs aimed at 8 to 12 year olds (But I enjoyed it!) Please email me on littlescruffs@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested. Here is the front cover - spot the Scruffs!!!

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These are some paintings and drawings done for me by my very talented collectors including my lovely friend of many years Christine Adams . She did this watercolour when I first started making bears 10 years ago !

A wonderful watercolour of 4 Little Scruffs by Alison Neville

This gorgeous painting is by Charity Goddard. It is a copy of a red velvet Little Scruffs which is available in a Limited Edition of 8 from Teddy Bears of Witney

This is a lovely little sketch that Monica Chung did of her Little Scruff's bear Hugo and her friend's Little Scruff

This beautiful painting was done by Helen Jones who painted it after adopting Colin. Colin is seen here with Helen's lovely dog. Helen is so talented and has her own website www.visionfinearts.co.uk Please take a look at the pet portraits/ bears/motorbikes she does and so much more, including Little Scruffs on notelets.

Another sweet painting of one of the Little Scruffs from Charity Goddard. Thank you Charity

Look at this gorgeous picture of one of my bears painted by Charity Goddard. She has got him spot on, I am so pleased with him

I am pleased to say my bears are adopted all over the world and some of my collectors have been with me for many years. Nothing pleases me more that all the wonderful emails and letters I receive from you

Why not come and pay me a visit( See my ordering page). The Old Market Town of Evesham by the river with its plentiful supply of Tea shops is a great day out.

See list of other stockists on my Order page

Gift vouchers are now available through PayPal. An ideal present

My bears are collectable bears and because of small parts are not suitable for children

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