Bereavement Bear
RECYCLED: Save the memories your clothes hold
REMADE: Place your order, we send shipping instructions & order form, you send your clothes
REMEMBERED: Perfect for celebrating milestones, honoring loved ones, or simply to clear closet clutter
- Description
- ORDER PROCESS
We know it's hard to lose a loved one. Now you can have them back in your arms with a bereavement bear made from their clothes.
Perfect for when you want a dignified way to remember your loved one:
- favorite dress
- t-shirts that were so them
- uniform they proudly wore to work every day
With careful attention to detail and quality workmanship, you can trust your loved ones clothes with the team here at The Patchwork Bear. Every stitch is sewn with love & respect, and we hope each bear we make for you brings comfort and happy memories for your entire family.
Your finished bereavement bear measures a perfectly huggable 17 inches tall and features embroidered eyes and nose for added charm and safety.
This bear DOES NOT include personalization. Please CLICK HERE if you would like the feet personalized (or you can ADD-ON custom personalization on the bear's chest and/or feet).
HOW IT WORKS
- Place your order today!
- We email shipping instructions and a printable order form
- Send us: 1-5 adult (or 4-8 child) size clothes with the order form
- In about 6-8 weeks, you'll receive a memory bear made entirely from the clothes you sent.
WHY CHOOSE US
- We are the ORIGINAL memory bear company, started in 2003 with the goal of saving your memories by up-cyling favorite clothes. You can trust our experience, talent and heart when it comes to saving your memories.
- Your clothes are received and signed for by a real person, not left outside by shipping carriers with the threat of weather damage or theft
- We have a professional sewing studio with a small, talented team of designers and makers who share the joy of creating keepsakes for you
- We encourage your design input and requests and love to hear stories about the memories made in the clothes you send.
- We are one of Oprah's Favorite Things and Creative Child Magazine's Product of the Year
**If you would like to give a Memory Bear as a gift, please order our Memory Bear Gift Kit. (It's the same as this memory bear, just packaged for gift giving!)
WE MAKE IT EASY to have a keepsake made out of your most sentimental clothes.
- Order your keepsake product
- We EMAIL shipping instructions & a printable order form.
- Send your clothes to The Patchwork Bear
- You'll receive your keepsake in just a few weeks. Instant heirloom!
Customer Reviews
I like the way you put my bear together, the colors matched up real well,
I could not be happier with my bear. It is absolutely adorable and professional quality. The attention to detail is top notch.
The bear was perfect. Everything was well put together and the way the shirt logos were on the bear brought a lot of great memories of my dad. I love it.
My husband passed 10 years ago. I have been saving his shirts for the past decade in hopes of making a t-shirt quilt. Since it has not happened, I thought of what else I could do with the shirts I have been saving. I decided to have a bereavement bear made and share it with my daughter at her baby shower this coming May. I was so excited when the bear arrived that I had to show the bear to my daughter's siblings. It brought them to tears. I feel the bereavement bear will be a way to keep my husband's memory alive and an opportunity to share memories with our new grandson.
I asked Patchwork Bear for a few design requests. Other than that, I let them design the bear with the shirts that I mailed. They followed my design suggestions and made the bear better than I imagined. I expect I will be placing future orders for my other children and future grandchildren.
Once again, I am beyond happy with the beautiful bears that were made from my mom and dad’s clothes and my aunt’s clothes. These beautiful bears will be treasured forever. Thank you for the amazing work you all do in preserving our memories.
I had my dad’s shirt made into a bear as a way to remember him and repurpose the clothes. It came out so beautifully. It came faster than I expected. It was well made with beautiful thoughtful details, and they sent back what they didn’t use. I love this.
Wife was extremely pleased with her bear made out of her father's jacket. The attention to detail is superb, and you can tell very easily that there was a plan and forethought given to what pieces they used and how they laid them out for aesthetic pleasure.
I ordered two bereavement bears for my daughters. Their Daddy and my husband was killed in an automobile accident. It has left a huge void in our family. The bears were absolutely amazing! My daughters loved them. I actually plan to order more for my granddaughters for they loved their Papaw greatly. Thank you for the beautiful and well crafted products you provide. They truly are so very special.
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.
