Care Caddy
This is a nice, practical, full-of-love thing you can make for someone enduring an extended hospital stay. Aunt Susan had a one month stay in the beginning of the year, and has another one coming up. She said that her cellphone was always slipping off of her bed and onto the floor, and she requested a little pouch with velcro staps that she could attach to the rails on her bed. This one that I made nicely fits a pen, small pad of paper, chapstick, and an iPhone or Blackberry sized cell phone. If you’d like to make one, here’s the specs:
Iron fusible interfacing on to the back of your fabric to give it a little bit of strength. Then cut five pieces in the following sizes:
(2) 6″ tall x 5″ wide
(1) 4.5″ tall x 5″ wide
(1)3.5″ tall x 5″ wide
(1) 2.5″ tall x 5″ wide
Cut two 4″ lengths of velcro - the scratchy side. Pin them to one of your 6″ pieces and sew them in place.
If you want to sew on a little felt doodad or to embroider some loving thoughts, this is the step to do it. I hand-sewed my heart onto the 2.5″ piece with embroidery floss and using blanket stitch.
Next, iron down a small hem on the 5″ side of each of the 4.5″, 3.5″, and 2.5″ pieces. Individually sew the hems down. Stack the 2.5″ on the 3.5″ on the 4.5″ on the non-velcro 6″ piece, each with their hemmed side at the top edge. Sew down the left side and the right side.
Now place the velcroed 6″ piece on top of your pocketed piece - *right side to right side*. Sew the pieces together around three of the sides - the left, bottom, and right. Now stuff your piece right-side-out. Neatly tuck in the top hole and iron the crease you just created.
Cut two 10″ velcro pieces - the fluffy side. Insert one piece of velcro into the top of your caddy, in line with one of the scratchy pieces of velcro on the back of your caddy, with the fluffy side facing the back of your piece. Repeat for the other side. Pin them in place. Your nice ironed hem with the pinned velcro is ready to be sewed shut. Go for it. Fin.
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Best wishes to Aunt Susan and thanks so much for sharing the pattern!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
What a good idea!