Christmas Gift--Call Me for Mom

My mom recently moved to Charlotte from Kansas.  She's in an apartment in an independent living facility and she's mentioned a few times that she needs bigger pockets in her pants to fit her phone and her key/ID card for when she's staying in the building but leaving the apartment.  (They have re-opened their dining room and some masked activities are still happening.) Now, I can't do anything about the pants pockets, but I thought I might be able to solve the problem with a Call Me bag from patterns By Annie.

 

I made myself a Call Me a few months ago.  I like it but have a few things I wish were different, so I made those adjustments for mom's.  The biggest change is that instead of the vinyl window with a credit card pocket at the bottom, I made it a full-size pocket.  Annie designed Call Me as something to wear at a trade show so it has the vinyl window for a name tag.  Mom doesn't need that feature, so mine has 2 layers of the soft & stable.  One side has the mesh & elastic pocket, as written in the pattern and perfect for a cell phone.  The opposite side on this one has a full zippered pocket.  This should be perfect for mom's key/ID card combo.

The main body fabric is Island Batik, it's from the Catching Dreams collection.  The strap is a purple from Island Batik's blenders collection.  It's a long strap so it can be worn cross-body and land at the hip.  I used By Annie's mesh and fold-over elastic in Tahiti.  

 

Mom liked it when I gave it to her on Christmas Eve.  I haven't asked her if it works well, but she thought it would.  I want to make myself a version with the full pocket, it will be nice to be able to throw my house key in there.