Every soft toy repairer we hold
6 of the 77, with a phone number where they publish one. One has a website that looks untouched for years, so ring before you plan anything around anybody.
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Showing 6 of 77. Clear
- They Shout Hello
Katherine, working from home in Leyton E10, repairing soft toys and re-upholstering fabric rocking horses. She takes only a few toys at a time and most go back within days, and in winter, when the heating is on and things dry quickly, an uncomplicated repair can be done the same day if you drop it early and collect before bedtime. Almost nothing else in the UK offers that.
Leyton
Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday
As much or as little as you ask · Open 5 days a week
If it cannot wait “drop off early morning and collect just before bedtime, in the winter months”
63 Colchester Road, London, E10 6HB, EnglandTheir site
- Love Keep Create Teddy Hospital
A memory keepsake company in Plymouth with over 2,000 reviews, running a Teddy Hospital as a fixed forty pound product. They un-stuff the bear, repair and reinforce the seams from the inside, restuff, and re-cover worn areas. Email a photo first so they can decide which tier you need. Currently unavailable, with an email list.
Plymouth
Said closedno reopening date givenread off their site yesterday
Keeps it looking its age · Open 5 days a week
If it cannot wait “1 week express service”
- Cheekyhandmades
A Walthamstow sewing studio that also takes in soft toy repairs, standing in for a more specialist repairer and passing the hardest jobs on to her. It covers washing, restuffing, seams, patching, joints, paw pads, eyes, noses and full linings, with published guide prices and every toy assessed in person before a quote.
Walthamstow, London
Open 6 days a week
If it cannot wait “toys that cannot be apart from their owners for long”
13 Thorpe Crescent, Walthamstow, London, E17 5BYcheekyhandmades@gmail.com
- ThreadBearCare
A one-person bear restorer in West Sussex, run by Kate Healey, who works on antique, vintage and modern teddy bears and also soft-bodied dolls. The common jobs are pads and paws, noses, joints, ears and replacing lost arms or legs, taken in by post or by an arranged visit.
Said closedno reopening date givenread off their site yesterday
Keeps it looking its age
If it cannot wait “the five year old who’s favourite teddy cannot wait the four months for a repair and has to be…”
RH13 6QETheir site
- Laura's Doll Hospital
Laura, who has written the clearest explanation of the process of any listing here. She prices every task separately so you can choose by budget, asks about deadlines up front, tells you there is usually a short waiting list, and says outright that she knows it feels daunting to hand your doll to a stranger.
Said waiting listread off their site yesterday
As much or as little as you ask
If it cannot wait “a specific deadline or occasion”
- Makers & Menders
A two-person craft business, mainly Katie, that repairs modern plush toys alongside making leather notebooks and other goods. Jellycat toys are what they see most, but they also take vintage and antique bears and Pelham puppets, and they charge by the hour rather than by a fixed price list.
Said open, reducedread off their site yesterday
Keeps it looking its age
If it cannot wait “emergency”
How this list was built
Every entry was read off the business's own public pages. 1 of the 6 looks untouched for years: a copyright several years old, a shop promising to reopen on a date that has passed, a page booked through a year that is over. We do not name which, because we have not asked any of them and being publicly guessed at is not something you should take from a stranger.
That rate depends on how you look. Businesses found by search alone are flagged at 38%; those found through trade lists and associations, 18%. Search rewards an old site with old links, so a list built only from search carries twice as many ghosts as one built from the trade itself.