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csziggy

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6. Many hospitals and hospice volunteers make memory bears

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 05:05 PM

Feb 2014

Mom has one made from a shirt of my brother in law who passed away in 2007 - the hospice that helped during his final days made it for her and others for my sister and her kids. Mom likes having a remembrance of him. That's why my sister wanted memory bears from Dad's shirts.

I found the pattern on Ebay - it's a discontinued Simplicity pattern. And then I found a series of YoutTube video tutorials on sewing memory bears from that same pattern. That gave me the confidence to sew them myself. I had been hunting for someone to make them for me since I haven't done much sewing for decades.

Here is the first video - the others can be found from there:

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Anybody here make stuffed animals? A question about noses.... [View all] csziggy Jan 2014 OP

I'm inclined to say just experiment. SheilaT Jan 2014 #1

I've decided to just stitch the felt pieces on csziggy Jan 2014 #2

Oh, good. I'm looking forward to seeing how they've turned out. SheilaT Jan 2014 #3

I finally remembered that I promised to upload an image! csziggy Feb 2014 #4

They look great! SheilaT Feb 2014 #5

Many hospitals and hospice volunteers make memory bears csziggy Feb 2014 #6

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