I am not sewing mine. I talked with some crafty people here as well as the ladies at my local JoAnn Fabrics. After the 'are you nuts?' look, she said that it can be done without a sewing machine. (Which is good, seeing as how I don't have one.) A great tip was to use Duck Cloth for the main portion and standard fabric with iron on interfacing for the pockets. The lady at JoAnns suggested FabriTac to glue the pockets on. I made a paper model using paper and a glue stick. I posted pics a while back. It held up pretty good and I am using that as my template for the real thing. I still have to obtain the finishing touches for it, so I am not sure what color scheme/pattern fabric I am getting yet. Good luck!! If you have any questions, there are always answers to be found here!!