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Who has a fur blanket? #8300859
01/03/25 07:24 AM
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Pictures ? Did you purchase outright or have one made from your own furs?
Maybe one day after I catch more raccoons I can save them all up and have them sent. I think that would be luxurious!

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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300872
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I have beaver mittens, the wife has a red fox coat, and the grand kids all just got a coon skin hat for Christmas. But no blanket.

Edit to say these were all made with fur that I caught because I know one of my friends will ask me where I bought the fur. LOL

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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: Computer Hater] #8300878
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Originally Posted by Computer Hater
I have beaver mittens, the wife has a red fox coat, and the grand kids all just got a coon skin hat for Christmas. But no blanket.

Edit to say these were all made with fur that I caught because I know one of my friends will ask me where I bought the fur. LOL



Very cool. I also have beaver mittens from fur I caught years and years ago. USA Fox did the work but I hear folks aren’t too happy with them lately. My husband bought me a hat to match. Also have a badger hat but I look kinda silly with it

Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300904
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I had blankets made for my son and daughter’s weddings. The beaver were from the river they grew up on. Son liked pale beaver while daughter liked the darker brown. I used Sleepy Creek tanning in Iowa for tanning and Cliffy229 on Tman for the blanket sewing. Couldn’t be happier with both tanning and blanket making. Also made a collage of the process from river to blanket (pic) so they could see the process, included the dog they grew up with in a couple pics. To say they were surprised would be an understatement. Hopefully the blankets will be passed down for generations.

Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300907
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Excellent, Trapset!

Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300922
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I’ve got about 3-4 more otters to catch before I start working on an otter blanket. It’ll be a long project without a fur sewing machine. I’ve made mittens for my wife and kids and am starting on a pair for my mom. These are the mittens I made for my wife.

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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: NoWiser] #8300926
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Originally Posted by NoWiser
I’ve got about 3-4 more otters to catch before I start working on an otter blanket. It’ll be a long project without a fur sewing machine. I’ve made mittens for my wife and kids and am starting on a pair for my mom. These are the mittens I made for my wife.

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Those are divine

Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300959
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This is the blanket I’m using for inspiration for the one I plan on doing. It was sewn by Darling Leather & Fur. She has a few fur blankets on her FB page if you want to look at some. I use her patterns for the mittens I make.

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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300960
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Originally Posted by elsmasho82
Pictures ? Did you purchase outright or have one made from your own furs?
Maybe one day after I catch more raccoons I can save them all up and have them sent. I think that would be luxurious!

Good idea.After my Alaska trip and trapping back here in Maine I might make one out of red fox.


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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300990
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My wife and I made this one. Beaver with otter trim at top. 3 otters, maybe 30 beaver in a randomized brick pattern. I cut strips parallel with the fur 3 1/2” wide and A graded the best strips. Ears, noses, leg holes etc are weeded out. Then she sewed them together end to end. Then I took those strips and put them side to side. Trim is a cross section 6-8” wide of otter. Its on a king size bed and I think i got 80x80 out of it. Lined with a light pendelton wool blanket. I hate go somewhere else and sleeping under other blankets lol

Furs tanned at moyles

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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8300991
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I gentleman up in this area made a beaver blanket that I looked at. Was very nice. It was almost to warm to use I would think.

Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: D.T.] #8300995
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Originally Posted by D.T.
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My wife and I made this one. Beaver with otter trim at top. 3 otters, maybe 30 beaver in a randomized brick pattern. I cut strips parallel with the fur 3 1/2” wide and A graded the best strips. Ears, noses, leg holes etc are weeded out. Then she sewed them together end to end. Then I took those strips and put them side to side. Trim is a cross section 6-8” wide of otter. Its on a king size bed and I think i got 80x80 out of it. Lined with a light pendelton wool blanket. I hate go somewhere else and sleeping under other blankets lol

Furs tanned at moyles

Nice looking.


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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8301016
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I made a full-size beaver bed spread many years ago, it was too warm and heavy for me. I sold it. If I were to make one again, I would use a lighter weight fur; maybe muskrat.


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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8301095
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I make muskrat baby blankets-they sell like hotcakes.


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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8301119
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Wow, there’s some nice stuff on here!


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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8301124
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Daughter used the blanket in wedding photos, and later, much later (lol) in prego pics.

Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8301193
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Here is mine I had made by Kyle Krebbs. He’s a member here, really really easy to work with.

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Originally Posted by Black dogs
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Here is mine I had made by Kyle Krebbs. He’s a member here, really really easy to work with.


That looks great!

Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8301384
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I had this plucked and sheared, some bleached, dyed beaver blanket made. It is sure warm. I bought the beaver and paid to have it sewed.
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Re: Who has a fur blanket? [Re: elsmasho82] #8301387
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^^^pretty checkerboard pattern!

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