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The Scooter Buddy

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Scooter Buddy

I’ve been wanting to make a little bag to go on Roman’s scooter for ages, so when Natalie from Sew Outnumbered asked me to join the tour for her new tutorial, it was an easy yes! Roman is always carrying trains or crayons or pegs (why?!) or his Peter Rabbit and he was very excited when I told him he’d be able to carry stuff around on the scooter now.

The tutorial has you cut your three main fabrics and then cut these up into smaller pieces, so you can actually use some smaller scraps for a lot of it rather than needing pieces of fabric as big as what is listed in the tutorial. I’m always using up my scraps if I can. It comes together quite quickly, but the engineer in me did mean I made a few changes. Roman isn’t great with elastic pockets, so I put some boning in the edge of the pocket instead. It makes it stick out a little and gives it a nice sturdy edge.

Scooter Buddy

I knew he’d want to carry lots of things in there so I added a flat base instead of shaping the sides like the tutorial. To do this, I kept the sides in their original rectangle shape (instead of trimming the diagonals) and then cut an oval template to fit the bottom. I cut 2 layers of fabric the size of the oval plus seam allowance. I also cut some stiff interfacing the size of the oval and sandwiched it in the middle. Then I stitched it all into the base.

Scooter Buddy

I used snaps on the straps because I hate sewing with velcro. I can never get it nice and then it always sticks to things you don’t want it to. This is such a cute and quick little project.  I love how this makes the scooter all that more useful. It also means Roman’s not trying to hold things in his hands while he’s using it, so that makes me happy too.

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  9. Hi Abbey,

    I loved your scooter buddy so tried making one following the original instructions but with your additions. Boning and studs were great but I just couldn’t get my head around how to do the oval base. I’m a novice sewer so please excuse these questions if they seem rather basic! Can you explain further how you put the oval base in and at what stage of the original instructions? Also, did you include the small base included in the original instructions or leave that piece out and just put your flatter base in?

    Thanks Abbey! My daughter has been zooming around all day with an assortment of Barbies stuffed in her scooter buddy. Love it!

    Rachel

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    • Hi Rachel, the base is put in similar to this tutorial: I cut a piece of paper down into a oval shape until it fit the side pieces. I hope that makes sense! I think I left off the extra base piece.

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  10. This is a very late reply but perhaps some who had questions about the oval base will see it. How about making boxed corners? You’d basically have a tote bag bottom instead of an oval. Easier to sew and holds a lot.

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    • yes that would also work Linda. I added the oval because I had already cut out my pieces and boxing the bottom would have made the pockets a lot less deep.

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  11. Wow ! It’s so great. I really like that and when I look at the picture, I think and Iam sure my daughter will be willing to have the same. Thank you very much for this idea. I will measure and probably do the same.

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  12. These are going to be on my to-do list for this upcoming weekend, with your mods of course! My boys have been asking for scooter and bike baskets and all we could find were “girly” ones that they didn’t like. These will be PERFECT for them!!! I don’t know why I didn’t think of something like this!!

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