Making Teddy Bears Out of Your Loved One’s Clothing

As part of our October “Cherishing the Memories” seminar, I always talk about our “teddy bears.” There are many creative avenues for cherishing the memories of your loved one, and one which we have found to be especially effective is to use articles of your loved one’s clothing in the stitching together of teddy bears. The teddy bear pictures you see are of actual bears created for our patients’ children, using items of the patients’ clothing.

If you are a seamstress or know of someone who is and would like to use this idea, the Simplicity pattern you will need to buy will be 5461. Here are tutorials for how to assemble the head and the body sections and to complete the project.

If you are like me and would be at a total loss as to how to create one of these adorable bears, we have a volunteer who is willing to do the crafting for you. All you have to do is contact me (Kim) either via phone 504-734-0140 or via e-mail at stjosephnober@yahoo.com and we will set up a time for you to drop off the articles of clothing, so that our volunteer can get started.