Amish Bear!

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This should be what you're looking for. A British Bobby on page 5. Always check carver's companion when looking for a pattern. Ol’ Don” Burgdorf is a carver and artist from Hohenwald, TN. Don’s feature “Doodles ‘n Notes for Carvin’ Folks” appears regularly in Chip Chats, and his patterns are now found...

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Congratulations Hank! Don't it feel **** good to be able to say that "I'm a cancer survivor!"

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Very artistic! But her "fig leaf" fell off!

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No offence taken Dwight! Thanks for the comments!...

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Rodster.... Great movie. I'm not really a Harrison Ford fan but he did an outstanding job in that film. I had the opportunity to enter an Amish family's home while in Tennessee and it did remind me of the film....

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Dang! It's too bad that we don't have an Amish Community here in Pinellas County....

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Dwight! I haven't the foggiest notion of what the dress code is for going to town, church, or just working around the farm. Perhaps it depends on the community to set the standards. I must have looked at a hundred pictures of Amish on Google before I decided on what colors to paint my bear....

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I could have made the hat bigger and left off the ears, or even had them sticking out the hat, but I wanted to leave the ears as they are, so it is what it is! Thanks for the comments!...

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Ever since our first visit to an Amish community in Tennessee somewhere in the very early 1990's I've had a very high regard for their life style, crafts and food products. I remember the first time we looked around a small Amish General Store just west of Crossville and purchased some bakery and canned...

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Best of luck Merle. Even if it ain't perfect, art ain't perfect. Just chalk it up to a happy mistake!