Button Bib Blue Bear by Lila King

Background/Story

This blue bear is made by Lila King, the Teddy Bear Woman, for Sonja Medcalf who gifted it to Barb Johnson. His bib is adorned with pearl and shell buttons, Barb’s favorite kind. Lila King was a member of the Washington State Button Society along with her sister. Read more about Lila and her teddy bears in the Dec. 22, 1976 article of Anacortes American on the Washington State Library website.

WSBS 1996 info about Lila King the Teddy Bear woman Courtesy of the Washington State Button Bulletin.

Read related stories in the March 2025 issue of the Button Aerogramme.