My elderly mother has been stuck in a wheelchair since a stroke a year ago. She is an avid reader and likes to carry a paperback book, her cell phone, tissues, and spare change in an easily-accessible side carrier hooked on to her arm rest. I want to make something that is really useful and pretty to take with me when I go to visit in October. I do not have measurements but am expecting to use some sort of big button-on fastening because she has a hard time with velcro. Any patterns out there or suggestions?
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hello to you "the mender"
i have not made this but this link for wheelchair totes with measurements might help; http://www.sewing.org/html/wheelchair.html
others here will give you more adivce i am sure.
Simplicity 2822 is a new pattern with a number of different types of wheelchair packs:http://simplicity.com/index.cfm?page=search.cfm&numMatch=2&design_id=16036&design=2822&thumbnail_image=2822t.jpg&ldesc=Accessories%20for%20Wheelchair%20and%20Walker&size_range=One%20Size&status_num=2
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