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Original memory bear handmade from dad's favorite shirts, a sentimental keepsake by The Patchwork Bear

Patchwork memory bear handmade from sentimental clothing by The Patchwork Bear

Princeton memory bear with orange and gray accents

The Original Memory Bear

Name: The Original Memory Bear
Brand: The Patchwork Bear
Price: 175.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.89 (594 reviews)

$ 175.00

A handmade bear made from your meaningful clothing, so you can save the memories your clothes hold.

Order today. Send your clothes anytime within one year.

We email shipping instructions after your order is placed and guide you every step of the way

Current turnaround time: 6-8 weeks after we receive your clothes

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The Original Memory Bear is our best-selling memory bear and one Oprah’s Favorite Things!

Your clothes hold memories from when you wore them. We help save them. Some ideas:

Team jerseys from every one of his high school matches,
T-shirts from every concert you ever saw,
Dresses and polos from all the places you traveled together
and even your wedding dress...

Made with 1-5 adult size clothes.
For baby or infant-size clothes, please order My First Memory Bear

Measures approximately 17 inches tall and features embroidered eyes and nose for added charm and safety. Made entirely from your clothes.

We make it easy to turn meaningful clothes into a keepsake.

Order your keepsake product
Choose clothes that hold special memories
Send your clothes to The Patchwork Bear
You'll receive your keepsake about 6-8 weeks after we receive your clothes.

a memory that cannot be replaced

There are two bears. The first was made from the clothing my son wore into his last hospital stay - his sister has that one. The second was made from the scraps of that clothing plus some ties we found in his things a year later that I keep. Both bring us comfort

OUTSTANDING

I ordered 6 bears and all 6 came back so beautiful! Thank you for the sensitivity you all had while walking me through all my questions and concerns. you guys are all just wonderful. can't thank you enough!

Amazing Bears

I had 4 bears made from my husband’s different jerseys. The Patchwork Bear was in constant communication to make these memorial bears perfect. They helped me decide how to use some extra patches I had at home to decorate the bears. I love being able to share these special bears with my family.

Fabulous !

I can’t thank you enough!
I’ve put off doing something with my daughter’s clothes for far too long.
When I saw the Patchwork Bear I know I was ready to have you put these together for me.
They are fabulous and put together with so much thoughtfullness with colors etc.
I can’t thank you enough!
I’ll send a picture of them all together!

Made with Love

This memory bear is absolutely beautiful. You can see the love and care that was put in the layout and design. My parent’s clothes were matched together perfectly.

Absolutely amazing!

Our memory bears came and they are absolutely perfect! They turned out better than I imagined! You can tell they poured their hearts into making these. Now me and my sister have a cute bear wearing our mom’s clothes to remind us she is always with us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!!! ❤️

Beautiful bears, my kids are going to love them, thank you

Two-shirt memory bears - beautiful!

Thank you so much for the beautiful bears! Me, my kids, and grandkids will love them forever. It gives us something physical to hold now that my husband is no longer with us.

why us?

Why choose The Patchwork Bear to make your custom keepsake?

The Patchwork Bear has been trusted to turn your favorite clothes into keepsakes since 2005 and understand your clothing is irreplaceable- full of stains and memories. We take the utmost care of your clothes in every step of the process from receiving the clothes, to design, to creation and delivery.

We know it is difficult to send your clothes away to be cut up, but you can trust that our talented design team will transform them into a keepsake you will love. We get to know you through the clothes you send and our goal is to create custom products from clothing that will bring back happy memories.

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Remembering my dad

I can’t say enough about the quality and care put into our order. It was hard to part with some of my dad’s clothing but when we received our order, I felt so much peace getting to hug a piece of him again. I love that they offer the option to contact you about making additional bears if there’s enough fabric. We were able to purchase additional bears for our future children so they will all have a piece of their grandpa. The team at the patchwork bear truly took such good care of my dads clothing and it’s proven in the beautiful work that we received.

Bereavement Bears

I ordered a bereavement bear for myself and one for my sister. I’ll never forget her face when I gave it to her. They are beautifully and thoughtfully made. I wrote a note on my order requesting the pocket with the little ink stain be included on my bear and they did just that. I smile every time I look at it. We both love our bears and will cherish them always.

The perfect keepsake of Mom

My mother died just over a year ago, and we decided we'd like to have her wedding dress made into bears as opposed to hanging in a closet. It was the perfect decision. The bears are wonderful. The communication was very efficient, especially when, after shipping the dress off, I decided I wanted to add and extra bear to the order. They were right on top of everything. I am very grateful to The Patchwork Bear for this opportunity.
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Love love love!

I ordered 3 bears and they all turned out so adorable!

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