My Pocket Pharmacy

I'm always puttering with something. Inventing or improving on ideas that rattle around in my head. So the other day,  I was putting a gift together. It consisted of many little things. Small bottles & containers of things like Headache Oil, Antiseptic Ointment, better Vapo-Rub, Lip Balm etc..All these are made by me. My conundrum was that they could easily get lost, or end up here and there, and not used for that very reason. So I started looking around my things for a small bag of sorts to hold all these conveniently together...
So as I rifled through a drawer of scraps, I found some jean pockets I had cut of a pair ..and the wheels started to turn...and an idea was born...

Bare in mind most projects I do HAVE TO BE SIMPLE...If things become too complicated I usually won't bother OR look for ways to simplify.

I first started with this....2 Jean pockets I just sewed together ..Making it a compact 3 pocket bag of sorts. With a fabric ribbon sewed on so one could hang or loop through a belt or attach to anything.

So once this was done I thought I could do better....I had a pair of cargo pants that Chris never wore put aside...and remembered all the great pockets they had....So I had some fun cutting them up! These pants got me 6 pockets!! ...

 

 

These light weight cargo pants are perfect for this idea...These had 6 pockets. So I decided to keep some of the elastic waist band for a cpl of these bags...again ...It has to be easy...

Once cut out, you can do whatever you want. Just cut around edges and sew them as you like...

I paired the pockets as I wanted. Right sides together...You can see the dark pen marks to show where I plan to sew...I also kept the belt that was sewed into the pants. I cut and sewed pieces of the belt to make a loop for each...

Voila, 3 different bags...that you can put anything in! Each of these pockets had an outer pocket on them so essentially, each of these bags have the deep inside pocket, and another Velcro bag on the outside of each bag also...plus another tiny one on the other one...(Yes, cargo pants make for the best pockets!) The smallest of the 3 has 5 pockets in all! This is why I did this in the first place and called them Pocket Pharmacy...All the stuff below fits easily into this bag  including the small box of Band-Aids  ....with lot's of room for more ..

 

This one didn't have the waist band on it so I sewed a small Velcro squares on the inside so one can close it ...You can also see the 2 additional pockets on the outside ... 

So here you have My Pocket Pharmacy

Everything in one convenient spot ...made from pockets taken off discarded pants!

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