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02/20/2012

Freebie Friday Winner 2/17/12

Congratulations to last week's Freebie Friday pattern winner, Catherine Z. from Canada! She won the Dog Bone Patternlet!

We've kept the Dog Bone Patternlet as our freebie Friday pattern for this week too, so you have another chance to win! P20 Dog Bone!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

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02/12/2012

Freebie Friday Winner 2/10/12

Congratulations to Cheryl K. who was the winner of last week's Freebie Friday pattern - The Hanging Witch!

You won't want to miss the pattern for this week. It's our newest patternlet... P20 Dog Bone!

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

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02/05/2012

Freebie Friday Winner 2/3/12

Congratulations to Mikka J. who was the winner of last week's Freebie Friday pattern - Fall Sampler & Tablerunner.

The new pattern for this Friday is 029 Hanging Witch.

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

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01/31/2012

Featured Free Patternlet Idea- Basket Liners!

Here's one of the free patternlet ideas we have on our website that help you extend the use of your patternlets or ANY applique pattern you might have. These feature the P13 Ladybugs Patternlet and the P14 Bumble Bee Patternlet, but you don't have to stop there! Remember, appliques can be used on just about anything.

Basket Liners
Use these to line a basket or hang over the edge of a table or shelf. The liner is easily made using two pieces of fabric cut at 20" square. Put the two pieces right sides together and sew around leaving an opening. Then turn right-side-out and sew the opening closed.

Click here to see more free ideas!

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Freebie Friday 1/27/12

Friday's Freebie winner of the Straddling Girl pattern was Katy F! Congratulations, Katy!

This Friday's Freebie pattern is the Fall Sampler and Tablerunner.

Click here to see the pattern and enter to win before 8am on Friday.

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01/26/2012

Last chance!

Last chance to order this Bear Bundle from The Wooden Bear....it will expire at midnight on Wednesday, February 1!

Bear Bundles - 10 patterns for $10! That's only $1 per pattern (regular price is $8 each)! Buy a bundle for yourself and one for a friend. Bear Bundles make a wonderful gift, valued at $80....but you only pay $10. While supplies last! Wholesale customers may purchase at this price also.

Click here to see pictures of the 10 patterns and order.

Preset bundle includes:

Straddling Santa

Put Your Heart Into It

Country Snowman

Straddling Bunny

Penguin Chorus Line

Hanging Snowman

Straddling Bear

Patriotic Dog

Woodland Moose

Everything Santa

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01/23/2012

Freebie Friday 1/20/12

Friday's freebie winner was Kathy W! Congratulations, Kathy!

The Freebie Friday pattern for this week is the Straddling Girl.

Click here to see the pattern and to get your name entered into our drawing.

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01/18/2012

Bear Bundles- A Super Deal!

NEW! LIMITED TIME!! Bear Bundles - 10 patterns for $10! That's only $1 per pattern (regular price is $8 each)! Buy a set for yourself and a friend. Bear Bundles make a wonderful gift, valued at $80....but you only pay $10. Click here to see the 10 patterns available in the current Bear Bundle.

(This special is also available to wholesale customers. Contact us if you need more information.)

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Who's Who?

After convincing them it must be done, and waiting for that day when no sweats were worn and there was no fly-away hair, I finally got pictures of my co-workers to put on the website. The info is neatly tucked away on our "About Us" page, so I thought I would blog it and put it on Facebook so everyone would know "who's who." Here it is...

Other Members of The Bear!

This is Karol (aka my mother-in-law) and one of our office guards, Ren. If you have received an order from The Bear, chances are the pattern was packaged by Karol, the order was boxed, weighed, and shipped by Karol! And chances are, it was probably sniffed by Ren :o)

This is Megan. If you have called here or received an email from "service@thewoodenbear.com," that was Megan! She joined us in 2010, and provided great relief for me, as she took over the accounting duties, phone calls, customer service emails, and also lends her expertise in marketing and so many other areas.

So now you know, that when you receive your order from The Wooden Bear, it wasn't packaged in some huge warehouse by several people down an assembly line, but simply put together with much love and care by some simple folks from our simple home.

Hope you enjoy your WB products as much as we love making them :o)

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01/16/2012

Treats in progress...

Here's one of the projects I have going on... this is the Kelly's Sweet Treats line of fabric through Red Rooster. It is being ordered by shops now to ship in May. Here are just a couple of the projects I'm working on for the book...

These fabrics are really fun! I liked how the little girl's apron came out, cupcake pocket and all :o)

Here's a little book cover for a "composition" book. I found the composition books at Wal-Mart for less than $1, and I love them because the front and back cover are heavy, durable cardboard, so it gave the notebook super stability. I use mine all of the time. It's where I keep notes on conversations, emails I have concerning projects, things I have done daily, or ideas for fabric lines and patterns. It's where I organize all of my scattered thoughts! The little one is my grocery pad/coupon organizer. I made both with these SUPER STRONG square magnetic bag closures. If the magnets get anywhere close to each other, the attraction is so strong they just grab each other and fasten so easily. Another neat feature is that you just sew around the edge of the magnet. There is a little "ditch" provided, so your needle just seems to fall right where it should. No special needle is required. I'll post more info and pics on those later. You definitely need to see them in action :o)

Here are the swatches from the line so you can see them up close...

by Kelly Mueller

Delivers to shops May/June 2012.

Cupcakes, cookies, muffins and more! Who can resist such temptations? Kelly Mueller's delightful artwork is just perfect for a theme with such home-style warmth. The collection offers a new craft panel similar to the one introduced with Hugs and Holly. This one contains starter blocks to make several types of dish cozies, a trimmed tea towel, oven pads, teapot cozy and gift tags/labels. Kelly's easy and clear instructions are printed on the panel making it easy for anyone to complete the projects.

The small, patch print is not only charming but oh-so-usable! Cut along separator lines to create multi-patch blocks of four, nine, sixteen or twenty motifs! The print can also be cut effectively as borders or sashing. The layout ensures that you'll be able to cut it both horizontally and vertically with the same results. The larger scale, patch print uses a random layout making it perfect not only for quilt backing but also for tablecloths or placemats, napkins, aprons, kitchen curtains, chair cushions and more! The collection also includes a balanced assortment of coordinate prints that will work well for these same types of projects. Plus, the three tonal patterns provide a complete range of color and value.
11 patterns/25 skus