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Welcome to the Norbeary Fabrics Website
come and see us with our mohair
Lostwithiel 21st June 2009

We have new hand dyed mohair and special offer mohair

We are Barbara and Andy Cunningham and in April 2007 we took over Norbeary Fabrics from Ralph and Gloria Norbury who started the business back in 1992. We aim to maintain the standards of service, courtesy and friendliness that Ralph and Gloria were famous for. To ensure that we continue in the Norbeary tradition Ralph and Gloria made Private Norbeary for us and put him in charge. He's a very strict and demanding task master, he makes sure that we get the orders off in time and in military fashion, he's a stickler for precision, timeliness and good manners. As you can see from the photo below he is a little vain and insisted that he be made our logo, we were happy to oblige, after all he is a rather handsome chap, although you shouldn't let him know.

Private Norbeary reporting for duty

We have been making bears professionally since 1990 and as hobbyists for many years before that (Barbara made her first bear when she was about 8). We have made bears in a wide variety of styles from long snouted traditional bears, through some wild and raggedy fellows to the multi coloured characters we make today. We've always had a great love of mohair in all it's colours, textures and finishes, every bit of mohair is crying out for a bear to be made from it, and the occasional rabbit, dragon, elephant, penguin, goose....

Mohair

On the new website you will find details of all our mohair for all sorts of bear maker. We provide top quality mohair from Germany (mostly from Schulte), as well as new sources in South Africa. We have tried to divide the mohair into collections that reflect the type of teddy bears that you can make from it, as quite a lot of the mohair can be used in a variety of ways it will often be found in more than one group. So that people can see how the mohair looks when it's made up, we would love to receive photos of your bears to include on the website, so please fell free to email or post us some photos.

Fairs

We attend a great many fairs up and down England plus the occasional fair in Germany, we always have additional oddments, patterns and kits at the fairs as well as as much of the mohair from the website as we can fit in, so please check our fair dates, see if we're coming to a town near you and pop along and see us and the mohair in the fur.

Personal Visits

We love to see our customers, so if you live near us on the Romney Marsh or you're passing our way, maybe on the way to Dover, why not give us a call (to make sure we're home and get directions) and come and see us, there's plenty to do and see in the area for all the family so you can make a lovely day of it.

Anyway, rather than going on and on please use the links on the left to explore the website, we hope you enjoy it and find what you're looking for, please let us have any suggestions, we look forward to hearing from you.

Have fun

Barbara and Andy