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Grandma’s Kick Ass Walker Caddy

May 12, 2017

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One of my grandma’s most recent falls that forced me to leave work in the middle of the day involved her trying to carry too many things in the kitchen. One of the first things I did when she fell in the kitchen was order a walker tray off of Amazon Prime. However, in this particular instance, she was not using the walker tray. I decided to make her a walker caddy that had extra pockets to replace the makeshift Lowe’s waist apron turned walker caddy (which coincidentally enough, was interfering with the proper alignment of the walker tray), so she would literally not have any excuse to carry anything and focus on walking safely through her house.

She has gotten a lot of compliments on it, and I’ve had other people ask me to make one for them. But most importantly, she is no longer trying to carry multiple while she is walking, which is a huge fall risk for her.

Photo: Walker Caddy sewed by yours truly
Inside view: 2 medium pockets and 1 smaller pocket especially for her phone. It is out of the way of the walker leg when it folds, so the screen won’t get cracked from someone haphazardly tossing it in their back seat (it wasn’t me).
Photo: Walker Caddy sewed by yours truly
Front view: two large pockets for bigger items and room-to-room transport

The action shot:

Photo: Walker Caddy sewed by yours truly

H/T to Melly Sews for this fantastic Walker Caddy Tutorial that guided me right through it: http://mellysews.com/2014/07/walker-caddy-tutorial.html

Disclaimer: This blog post contains affiliate links from Amazon. If you use them, I might be rewarded credit or a commission of the sale. Please note that I only recommend tools that I personally use and love and I always have my readers’ best interest at heart.

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