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memory bears

We're the ORIGINAL Memory Bear and Oprah's Favorite Thing.

Your clothes have memories. We help save them. Our memory bears are created entirely from your clothes to remember the special moments and people in your life. Handmade since 2003 in our Pennington, NJ studio.

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Memory Bear made with clothes by The Patchwork Bear

memory animals

We make more than memory bears. Check out our bunnies, puppies, birds and more...all made from YOUR cherished clothes

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memory animals

memory pillows & bags

Take your memories with you! We turn favorite t-shirts and clothes into pillows and open for limited ordering during specific times of the year for practical, personal totes, bags and backpacks. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to be notified of open order dates! CLICK HERE to be added to the list

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Weekender Bag made from favorite clothes

memory quilts

Since each quilt is handmade to order using your clothes, we only accept a limited number of orders at a time. 
If the quilt you're interested in is marked as 'sold out', add your name to our waitlist and you'll be notified when we are able to accept new orders. 

CLICK HERE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITLIST

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memory quilts

NEW! Make Your Own

INTRODUCING A NEW WAY TO SEW
We make it 'sew' easy to make your own clothing keepsakes with a totally new way to sew! What makes them so special?

Our patterns are printed directly to iron-on fabric with sew-by-number instructions right on the pattern! 

  • Iron the pattern pieces onto your clothes
  • Cut on the solid line
  • Sew on the dashed line

Each step is numbered directly on each pattern piece so it's as easy as 1, 2, 3... 

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