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    Apr 19, 2021 4 minutes

    Looking for a bear hug

    Q My parents celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2021 and I’m looking to stitch a bear project for them, as that has been their pet name for each other since they met. I can’t find a pattern of two adult bears next to each other, please help.

    Steph Ray, via email

    Congratulations to your parents on this wonderful milestone, Steph, and what sweet nicknames! We’ve featured quite a lot of standalone bear designs in the past, particularly Cookie Bear and Tatty Teddy, but haven’t been able to find many bear couples other than this adorable piggy back Forever Friends pair! This Anchor exclusive design featured in issue 225 (February 2015), and

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