Trauma Strap Bags

I have not had a lot of success with three colors in one bag. Here is the latest try. I […]

Dr. Sharon, who is one of my biggest cookie fans, asked for this fire hose bag. The writing was on

My bike-riding buddy, Chip, asked for a bag to keep his bike gear organized. He sent me these pictures in

I have been working for several weeks on some bags, a little at a time. I just finished them and

1255 straps donated to FabMo this week. I didn’t realize how long it had been since I dropped off the

Dr. Miel sent me this picture of her in Mexico, proudly showing off her Tad Bag.

Rita asked me for a fire hose bag, trimmed in blue. I made two for him to choose from:     

Black straps are prized as only a few come through the department. Three of our nurses set a goal to

Got a request from Eric, the guy who gave me the fire hoses, for a bag for a neighbor whose

I made two “baskets” to take home for Fathers’ Day.

The bin I used to hold rolled-up straps to return them to the paramedics to use disappeared recently. I decided

Sandra sent me this picture of Ellie playing on the beach by her Tad Bag.

For years, our county Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has used the same yellow-green trauma straps. Recently, patients have been coming

It has been fun to try to think of ways to combine trauma straps with firehoses to make new bag

I came across a rectangular sheet of relatively rigid plastic. It was just the right size to form the bottom

Susan took trauma straps with her to a chimpanzee reserve in Gabon. She shared these pictures of baby chimps swinging

My mother-in-law recently had surgery. She lives in a town called Paradise. When we unpacked, I saw the bags we

Here is the bag I made for my mother for Mother’s Day. The blue straps are an unusual color and

Our son, Philip graduated in May from University of Virginia. I made three bags to give to the families of

Years ago, I was waking in the afternoon after sleeping all day after a night shift. An idea came into

I have been spending quite a bit of time and effort lately on zippers. The beauty of my bag design

When visiting our daughter recently in New York City, I had the chance to give her BFF, Deb a bag.

My friend, Eric, came to own several firehoses. Though they had never been used, they were worthless unless someone could

I mentioned before that I got some padding at Fabmo. Here is a bag that has padding sewn between the

Yellow and blue were the color of the week;           

I spent some time experimenting with square bottoms on some bags. they turned out OK but were a lot more

One of our wonderful nurses, Sonia, had her last night at work this week. Here is a picture of her