A traveling nurse in our department named Felicia asked for a black bag. This is what I came up with.

I made five large and five small bags to give to our kids and parents for Christmas. Here they are.

All ten.

A big one, like for groceries.

A small one like for lunch.

My wife and I were at RAFT Saturday and saw a bin full of straps I had donated to them. It makes me feel good to know that all of these straps that otherwise would have ended up in the garbage are available for others to use and that they benefit a worthwhile organization like RAFT.

I am a better copier than originator. I saw a bag in a store that was fourteen inches across the top and two feet wide on the bottom. This is my first try at trying to create something like that.

This is the front.

And the back.

What it looks like on the shoulder.

And again.

I have not had a chance to do much sewing recently. This week, I finally had a chance to make up some bags for some friends who had asked.

Tara, one of our physician assistants, asked for a large orange and black, which I view as my “classic” bag.

Chris, one of our emergency techs, asked for a large one with a flower for someone special.

Here are the bags I got to sew this week.

Here are six small blue and yellow bags I made at one time, each with a little different approach to the buckle and the tag.

Carmen sent me a Tad Bag picture. Can you beat this?

I used the new greenish-yellow straps placed horizontally with vertical black stripes. Not bad.

Front View

Rear View

Recently, a new kind of strap started showing up on our trauma patients. They are greenish-yellow and are stiffer than previous straps I have seen. Of course, I grabbed some, ran them through the washing machine and sewed up a couple of bags to see how they worked. Not bad!