A typical walker bag

A few "Sew-phisti-cuts" were around for last evening's meeting - not all of us are on vacation yet!  Our agenda for the night was community service, and although we had originally planned to do lap blankets, we had decided at a previous meeting that we would do pillowcases instead as there was more local need for those.  Upon further research, Connie found that there was even more need for walker bags, a small tote that fastens over the bar of a walker, enabling the user to carry things along more easily.  So, flexible as we are, we switched gears to make them.
Thanks to some ladies who did prep work, we had a large stack of pre-cut fabric ready to sew.  This helped much, since only five of us were able to make it to the meeting.  After a little tutorial for those not familiar with the pattern, we sat down to sew.  Averaging almost two bags per person, we ended up with nine complete bags in about an hour and a half.  I forgot to take pictures, but here's a picture from the pattern directions of what we made.

We had a brief show and tell, and saw a lovely wedding quilt from Mary, a couple of pillowcases from Sue, some shirts and shorts from Maura, and a bolero-style shrug from Peggy.


There is no meeting next month due to our usual August break.  Like the old song says....see you in September......when we start thinking of Christmas and gift-giving with our program of sharing quick gift patterns/ideas for the holildays.  Bring samples!