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Swatch Policy--

We know that sometimes you need to see the exact color of a fabic, or feel it to know if it will work. Swatches are the fabric stores answer to that problem. Swatches are small pieces (normally around 1" x 2") that we can provide. On large prints, you will only get a portion of the total design, but when you combine that with the pictures and info on our website you should have a pretty complete picture. We can send you up to 5 swatches at no cost. If you are interested, use our handy swatch request form.



Faux Fur- LONGER FAKE FURS!


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Our fur monster watches over us, making sure that nothing bad happens to our fur.

All of the furs on this page are either acrylic or modaacrylic. They can be washed by hand or in the machine on gentle. Do not put them in the dryer unless you would like a melted mess. You may notice that washing the furs may change the hand (texture and over all look) of the furs. This will be much more obvious on the longer, shaggier furs. If you want to retain the same texture and look it is advised that you dryclean your fake fur. As always, washing a sample ahead of time is advised.

This page has all of the longer fake furs on it. These fake furs are all over an 1 1/2" (give or take).

Patterns and solids, bright and natural looking... its all here.

But we have lots more fur for you.

  • Plush fabrics -- cuddly and fuzzy, shorter than these furs...
  • Shorter Fake Furs furs-- shorter fake furs, solids and prints....
  • The fake furs are not returnable. If you are trying to decide between a couple of different furs, why not ask us for some swatches. We can send you up to five swatches at no cost. They are big enough to get a feel for the texture and a better idea of what color it is. Just use our Request Form .

    Note: There is a 1/2yd minimum cut for each fur. After that you can buy in 1/4yd increments. Orders under 1/2 yard will automatically be increased to the minimum.
    1/4= .25
    1/2= .5
    3/4= .75

    When you are all done, find the little "buy" button near the bottom of the page and press it. This will start the ordering process.

    A note about colors!

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    We have spent a lot of time choosing swatches that appear to be close to the actual color on our screen. The color YOU see is affected by 3 things--
  • your screen-- things like age, and color balance
  • your environment-- if you are sitting by a window, if you have natural light, if you are in a dungeon
  • your vision-- Color is a very subjective thing. It is influenced by things around it as well as your interpretation of it. 8% of males, and 1% of females (myself included) are at least partially color blind (many don't even know it). Use the color swatches as a guide. Remember we can send up to 5 swatches at no cost so you can see the real deal. Just use our handy Request Form .
  • Quantity discounts!


    If you are purchasing 5 or more yards (that means one color, one style-- basically we need to be able to roll it off of one roll of fake fur) of a fur you are eligible for the quantity discount on that piece of fur. The discount is 20% off of the everyday per yard price. If you qualify for the discount it will show up in your cart automatically.

    During a store-wide sale, you will see the quantity discount in your cart but not the store wide sale discount. We will manually adjust the total after we receive your order.

    Now the details on what we stock.

    Punky Muppet--This fur is a medium length shag. The fur is 1" long. It is very soft with a chaotic (in a good way)look to it. This fur has lots of personality, where as the shag looks like monster (in a good way, of course)fur.
    60" wide. Under 5 yards $26.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $21.56 per yard
    We can fit between 5 and 5 1/2 yards of punky muppet fur into each box. If you are ordering a large piece, please specify in the special comment box what size pieces would work best for you if we have to split the yardage. punky

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    Light Pinkpunky yards Hot Pinkpunky yards
    Bright yellowpunky yards Orangepunky yards
    Fire Redpunky yards Crimsonpunky yards
    Emeraldpunky yards Limepunky yards
    Olivepunky yards turquoisepunky yards
    Baby Bluepunky yards Royalpunky yards
    Lavenderpunky yards Purplepunky yards
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    Camelpunky yards Toffeepunky yards
    Chocolatepunky yards Greypunky yards
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    Shag Fur-

    The nap is about 3 5/8" long at its longest. But just like the hair on your head the length of the hairs varies from about 2" to the longest length of 3 5/8". In contrast to some of the other furs that we carry this is a smoother fur that lays pretty flat. Think hairy not fuzzy or furry. Think troll hair.
    60% acrylic/40% modacrylic. 60" wide. Under 5 yards $20.95/yard; 5 yards or more $16.76 per yard

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    Hot Pink shagyards Redshagyards
    Orange shagyards Bright Yellowshagyards
    Turquoise shagyards Royal shagyards
    Purple shagyards Lime shagyards
    Emeraldshagyards Camel shagyards
    Rust shagyards Chocolate Brown shagyards
    Black yards White whiteyards
    Black Frost Shag--black lower pile with whiteish grey long fursshagyards
    Blonde Beige Shag--beige lower pile with blonde long fursshagyards

    Purple Gorilla- This is a shaggy fur that is similar in texture to the punky muppet but not as plush. The furs range from 1 1/2" to 2" long.
    60" wide. Under 5 yards $25.95 per yard; 5 yards of more $20.76 per yard.

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    Shaggy Mongolian- This is a very shaggy shag (if that makes sense!). This fur is softer than the shag, but not as smooth. It is similar in texture to the punky muppet fur but longer. The fur is about 3" long

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $30.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $24.76 per yard


    We can fit about 6 yards of shaggy mongolian fur into each box. If you are ordering a large piece, please specify in the special comment box what size pieces would work best for you if we have to split the yardage.
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    Light Pink--grey yards Hot Pink--grey yards
    Lime--grey yards Moss--grey yards
    Red--grey yards cooked yam--grey yards
    Camel--camel yards Toffee--Toffee yards
    Chocolate--grey yards Grey-grey yards
    Grey frost--Greyfrost yards Black--black yards
    Creamy White-- white yards

    Llama- This fur is very similar in texture to shaggy mongolian, but it has alternating 4" wide stripes. Because the fur is so shaggy the stripes blend into each other as the pile moves. The brown version would coordinate well with the creamy white shaggy mongolian. The mocha brown is not as red as the toffee and not as dark as the chocolate brown but work well with either of them. The grey version would work great with either the grey frost or grey shaggy mongolian. The fur is about 3" long

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $34.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $27.96 per yard


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    Brown--brownyards
    Grey--grey yards

    Arctic Fox-- This is a super soft fur with dense base mile and longer wispy hairs that are about 1 3/4" long. The fur is a bit shorter than the fox fur

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $32.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $26.36 per yard.
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    Arctic Fox-limited release colors- This is a super soft fur with dense base mile and longer wispy hairs that are about 1 3/4" long. The fur is a bit shorter than the fox fur. These colors may not be available once we sell out.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $32.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $26.36 per yard.
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    Island Racoon- Another super soft and luxurious fur. This one has stripes runnnig parallel to the selvedge. The stripes are about 3" wide, but melt into each other. The stripes alternate in either a creme base with grey frosted tips or a medium brown with grey frosted tips.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $38.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $31.16
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    Fox- These are really luxurious furs with a dense, short, lower pile and longer top furs. This is a beefed up shag. The top furs are about the same length as is in the shag, but this fur has short dense under pile that makes this fur much fuller than the shag.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $38.45 per yard; 5 yards or more $30.76

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    Dark Palomino
    (think horse's mane)dark brown lower pile with long beige fur
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    Husky-This is about the length of the cubby bear but denser. The base and pile are a light tan. The highlight furs are a bit longer than the rest. They start out white at the base and finish up black.
    60" wide. Under 5 yards $36.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $29.56 per yard.
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    Wolverine--This is a short fur with a dense olive green base. The base of the hairs or green with white from the middle to the tip. Sprinkled in are some longer, slightly shiny black furs. The base furs are 1 1/2", the longest accent furs are about 2". Over all this fur looks brownish, but with alluring green accents that attract your eye.
    60" wide. Under 5 yards $38.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $31.16 per yard

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    Brown Wolf-- This a super soft realistic looking fur. The fur is 1" long with some slightly longer tips. The base is a mousy brown color with jet black frosted tips. This fur looks most beautiful when it is being moved and you get to see the contrasting base color.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $38.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $31.16 per yard

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    Hair Plug-This fur has a base pile that is short and soft, with longer contrasting color furs that are in clumps. The downy short furs are about 1/2"-3/4" long, the long ones are just over 1 1/2".
    60" wide. Under 5 yards $25.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $20.76 per yard.
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    Dark Brown base with whitehair plug yards


    Monster Hair Plug-These furs have a base pile that is short and soft, with longer contrasting color furs that are in clumps. The short furs are about 1/2" long, the long ones are just over 2".
    60" wide. Under 5 yards $32.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $26.36 per yard.

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    Zebra Finch- This is a beautiful fur. The base furs are a bit shorter than the cubby bear-- about 3/4". The accent furs are kind of hair like in with horizontal stripes of white along with a color. When this fur moves the longer hairs flutter in the wind like feathers on a finch.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $25.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $20.76 per yard.

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    Fancy Feathers-This fur is similar to the zebra finch but a bit more graphic and less dainty. The striping is bolder, the pile is deeper and the fur is varying lengths which gives it a sligthly patched look. Available in brown base with dark brown and creme striping, violet base with black striping or light grey base with black and silver striping.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $38.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $26.36 per yard.

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    Tipped Fox-- This is one of the more realistic looking furs with lots of color variation. Available in 4 versions. The Snowy tipped fox starts out with a white and very light grey base color. Some of the longer furs end with a black frosted end. The midnight tipped fox has a deep midnight black base with with frosting of light taupe and off white. The sandy tipped fox is various brown tones. The brown haze is grey at the base with off white colored mid fur and brown tips. The longest furs are about 2" long.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $38.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $31.16 per yard.
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    Midnight Tipped Fox- midnight tipped fox yards
    Brown Haze Tipped Fox- brown haze tipped fox yards
    Sandy Tipped FoxSandy tipped fox yards

    Coyote-This is really nice, soft fur. The longest fur are about 1 1/2", the base pile is about 1" Available in a light grey and black combo or tan with black hairs. Under 5 yards $27.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $22.36 per yard

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    Blonde Fox-This fur is about 2" long, really soft, really dense. White at the base with golden amber tips. Under 5 yards $38.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $31.16 per yard



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    Ocelot- This is a really luxurious wild-cat fur. The markings are a caramel color, which blends to brown and then is outlined with a very dark brown almost black. The background is a lighter caramel color or light pink. The really beautiful thing about this fur is that it has some longer "stringy" hairs.

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $32.95/yd; 5 yards or more $26.36/yd

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    Stringy Mongolian fur--This is a long stringy shag fur that is a bit crimpy. It only comes in white

    60" wide. Under 5 yards $30.95 per yard; 5 yards or more $24.76
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    PIECES, SWATCHES and SAMPLES!


    Bits and Pieces of Fur!
    Fur tails
    Need lots of little pieces, but don't care what they are? When we discontinue furs (or when they are disontinued on us!) we end up with partial fur strips. We group them together in a random sort of way. The strips are about 2-3" wide. You get the equivalent of 100" running-- but it is not continuous. People who work with kids, or make puppets, or collage-a-holics love these! These are assorted -- no picking or choosing (sorry)
    $3.59 per bunch
    Bag of fur swatches
    Fur remnants
    Are you craving an assortment of fur? These bundles are the perfect choice when you want us to choose for you! You will get a bundle of fur remnants. There are 5 pieces of fur, each is 12" x 30". Some of these are furs that we stock, some are special purchases we have made that you will only find in the bundles. No 2 bundles are the same.
    $14.50 per bundle
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    What is a swatch? A swatch is a small piece of fabric about 1" x 3". It can help you decide if a certain fabric will work for your project. You can use it in the same way you use one of those paint chip papers you get a the hardware store. It gives you an idea of what the fabric looks like, and you get to feel the texture. We try our best to describe the fabrics well, but somethings are difficult to put into words.
    Free Swatches! If there is something here that has piqued your interest, we can send you up to 5 swatches free. Click here for our handy SWATCH REQUEST FORM and we will pop them in the mail for you.

    Swatch Sets--If you would like to know exactly which swatches are in which set please email us and we can get you a list.
    With the purchase of a custom swatch set or one of preset fur swatch sets you will receive a coupon. If you place an order over $30 within 30 days of your swatch set order, we will take $5.00 off that order. You will receive a coupon with a code that must be included with your future order.
    Animal Prints--
    This set has just the animal print furs that we carry. You will get one swatch of each fur along with a price sheet for these furs. There are close to 30 swatches in this set. The set is $10.00 animal print swatch set.
    Basic-- This set is just the solid basic furs that we carry. Some of the furs included in this set are: shag, plush, seal, fox and cubby bear. Some of the furs such as the cubby bears are multi-tonal but overall they are a solid fur. You will get one swatch of each style along with a list that details the other available colors. There are about 30 swatches in this set. The set is $10.00.
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    Fancy--This set has the fancy, whimsical, over the top furs that we carry. If you are looking for the extraordinary furs, this is the set for you. The frosted furs and hair plug furs are just some of the furs you will find in this set. There are over 30 swatches in this set. The set is $10.00 novelty swatch set.
    Plush Cuddle Furs--This set has all of the ultra-short, plush type fabrics. This includes solids, textures and animal prints. Note: The flat-pile animal prints also appear in the animal set so if you get both you will have some duplication. There are about 25 swatches in this set. The set is $10.00 plush fabric swatch set.
    Custom Swatch setIf you have very particular requirements, we can create a custom swatch set for you. For $10.00 we will put together a set of up to 20 swatches which meets your specifications. Perhaps you only want the long haired swatches, or maybe only certain animal prints. Perhaps you are interested in all things yellow-- fur, pvc, oilcloth, stretch fabrics. Click HERE to go to the Custom Swatch Set Form


    We cut the fabric. Cut fur or fabric is not returnable. If you have any questions about what you are ordering, please request a swatch using the swatch request form so you can verify that it is what you want before you order it.

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