When you are between projects and you need inspiration to renew your sew mojo, sometimes a short project is just the trick. I made a bag for a friend's walker using the free online pattern available from Spruce Crafts. After quickly skimming it, it seemed to me that it would be straightforward. I downloaded the pattern to a pdf so I could print out just what I wanted. Before beginning, I read through the pattern first, and was confused. After scratching my head for a bit, I figured out that the file had advertisements superimposed on parts of the directions, so my printout was incomplete. Once I went back to the source, and read about those "missing" steps, all was well and the pattern was accurate and straightforward.
Since I had a sufficient amount of the gray/white/blue fabric I opted that the lining be the same as the main body. I added little notes on the cut out pieces so I could distinguish when the directions referred to lining or body. The photo with the directions used a contrasting fabric for the pockets and they show up well. Since I did not do that I added the blue ribbon to make it more obvious where the pocket edges would be for inserting stuff. The front and back of the body has different width and varying depth pockets to accommodated varied sized things such as a cell phone, a pen/pencil, or ear buds.
If I had it to do over, I would have made the top tabs and side ties ties custom-sized for a particular walker. As it was, they were extra long to provide versatility. Given their extra length, I would have also put longer strips of Velcro so the tabs and ties could have been configured in a shorter way with more overlap. Overall, this was a satisfying, quick project that came out well.
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