Lindsey, my cousin’s wife, found herself pressed between the hard ground and a horse several weeks ago. The result was a broken hip and surgery. Since then, she’s been on crutches.
A couple of weeks ago she had the brilliant idea to decorate her boring crutches and she bought some fabric for me to make covers for the tops of them. As if I knew how to do such a thing.
I ruined the first 3 or 4. I made them too small. On Sunday, my aunt helped me and showed me my mistake. I had traced around the top of the crutch for a pattern and was trying to follow the curves too closely. I needed a wider bottom opening.
This is what our pattern looked like. We hemmed the bottom and then sewed right sides together. We put about 3 inches of small elastic on either end to hold them on.
And they worked! They can be easily removed, washed and changed out with other patterns.
I was a little too late figuring it all out though. Her doctor told her she could get off the crutches today, but he took a photo of her snazzy crutches.
So, now you know. Next time you’re on crutches you can make them pretty!
