I've been rather busy lately. If you haven't noticed, my posts have been far and few from my normal 3+ posts I used to have. I promise I will be back during the summer. My mind is going crazy thinking about all the projects I want to do. In the meanwhile, here's a simple project that my sister asked me to make her. For her birthday, she wanted a new camera strap. The stipulations were I couldn't buy it, yellow was the preferred color, and it needed to be girlie and pretty.
Here is what I came up with:
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It's definitely home made, yellow, girlie, and hopefully its pretty as well. What do you think?
Of course this is me so making one camera strap cover as a birthday gift just wouldn't do. Therefore, I made THREE. Here's how I did it. My original plan was to make a camera strap so I bought the materials which included the fabric, vinyl and strap.
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I, of course, could not find the little strap that ties to the camera so with lack of time, I decided to make a camera strap cover instead. I was very bummed and I still hope to make a strap one of these days when I have more time.
First I measured my own camera strap (she has the same camera) with the fabric, making it a little more than twice the width and an inch longer in length.
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Next, I sewed any embellishments onto the fabric including lace and ruffles.
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I hemmed the edges of the fabric and then folded the fabric right sides together and sewed along the length of the fabric.
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I flipped the fabric inside out and voila, a new cover for your camera strap. Easy peesy.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0R4X5aYZGArd3UDJWDdK6RJawvUZ-BBE6hGBlbCyj0s-0iS1yvsMPl5Lvhg-qpV4lT9vp-9wt_i8OGihQ65dVEaIQXcEeZSwwDwz9iz2_Hsr5DA4-sHZTkK0yYs6SJuU76bHgqj4YN3A/s640/aDSC_1906+%28Small%29.jpg)
For this particular strap cover, I made a the top ruffle by first sewing a tube, flipping it inside out and pleating the fabric as I sewed it onto the strap.
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The flower was made with the extra piece I made for the ruffle. After making the tube, I swirled it into circles, shaping the top to form a flower. I used a safety pin to adhere it to the strap so that it could be removed and interchanged between the different straps.
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The bow is made by sewing a small pillow case, flipping it around and hand sewing the opening. I used a smaller piece of fabric to bind the center, forming a bow.
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All the bows and flowers are removable and can be swapped around which makes it so much fun.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQVNPI2JW4Q0o5H5d6bzVwa9fDNkUYdQl3h4AZ9_7XGlJvgn5U2kQM6N7Y6j4qU4d7ihyphenhyphenZzlf9uLUEigK1Xdi1bAEYdx60B1F1EacdrhCSPvivrVFPxAPeL1KZ4F5htPSe7Ie6EHD9SM/s640/aDSC_1895+(Small).jpg)
Which one is your favorite?
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My favorite is the turquoise corduroy ruffly one. It's too bad I gave it away. I guess I'll have to make myself another one.
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I certainly hope she likes one of her birthday gifts.
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Happy Birthday Lil Sis!
LOVE my strap!!! <3
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