Hooter is made from a piece of vintage coat lining. Probably 1960s maybe the 1950s. We'll ever know. What we do know is that Hooter is bear child of 2010. He was made from our 8" pattern but this material stretched and kind of tilted to the right. So he turned out about 9 1/2 ". Because "you never know". Those are the three greatest words in making a Stearnsy Bear. "We like it that way", the next five greatest words. Hooter is wearing handmade overalls, or as we like to call them here in the Ozarks, overhalls.