Handmade in South Africa

The jersey
is still in there.

Nicolene and Irma Swanepoel sew keepsake bears by hand. Send the clothes that already mean something — a match jersey, a first cot sheet, a uniform — and they come back as a bear that still shows the badge, the print, the buttons.

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A teddy bear sewn from a blue Stormers rugby jersey and cap, with the Vodacom Super Rugby badge on its chest — Made from

Stormers jersey and supporter cap

Kept

Vodacom Super Rugby badge, Six Gun Grill sleeve print

One of one · Handmade in South Africa

A pale blue teddy bear sewn from a nursery cot sheet printed with Winnie the Pooh characters, wearing a yellow sun hat and a ribbon bow — A first cot sheet

One of one: No two bears leave here the same, because no two garments arrive the same.
Your fabric: Match jerseys, cot sheets, baby-grows, uniforms, a shirt nobody can throw away.
Two sisters: Nicolene and Irma, cutting and sewing every panel between them.
Made to order: Nothing is kept in stock. Yours starts once you have told us about it.

Two ways to get a bear

Memory bears

Send us the clothes

A match jersey, a first cot sheet, a uniform, a shirt nobody can bring themselves to give away. We unpick it, place the panels so the badges and prints land where you would want them, and sew it back up as a bear.

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Character bears

Pick a theme

Made new in fresh cotton, corduroy or leatherette, then dressed: a nurse, a theatre bear, a girl in a yellow pinafore. A soft, safe gift for a baby shower, a christening, a graduation or a last day on the ward.

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