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Chris and I made a beautiful mountain lion rug for Dan a while back. He was so pleased with the finished product that he asked if I could take a look at his zebra rug, that was done elsewhere, with hopes to restore it to a rug he would be proud to display.

Rug upon presentation:

Airplane/dog ears, nostrils left open, eyes not sewn shut, forehead not laid flat, hot glued to a piece of scissor edged felt.




Soaked and removed the hot glue which covered the whole inside of the ears.


Positioned the ears properly, sewed nostrils and eyes shut, re-stretched the whole rug and flattened the forehead properly.


Finished restored rug with a nice leather border and carpet backing.



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Nice save Mary. The backskin rug looks nice as well.

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Grafton


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Simply gorgeous! Good save!


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You rock, Mary! Great save.
Wanna try another? I've got one in my family room floor that's getting pretty ragged. Same issues as this one.

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Thanks, all!
Scotty, let's see what we can do with that skin. Your buddies zebras are coming up in rotation soon. Smiler


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Very nice work and restoration , Mary.
 
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Mary, thanks again for your work! I'm still thrilled with how it looks now in my house!
 
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considering the fantastic job you and Chris did on my croc rug( as well as the sable, suni, bush pig, and red duiker), i am not surprised in the least! you guys are a 1-2 tag team of first rate taxidermy work.


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Mary, great job tu2

I still think your leather border and carpet backing is the best, just a shame I can't find anyone this side to it.


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