20Jul | 2010
Camera Cover Tutorial
Posted under Sewing . Tutorials | 27 Comments
My Dear MIL lost her camera cover on her vacation trip to Hawaii a few weeks a go, so when she came back she was kind of bummed about it and ask me if I could make something for her. She loved this red pattern of fabric, and I got to work! It’s a very simple project that only took me about 30 minutes 
I used outdoor canvas for the outside and oatmeal linen for the inside.
Note: This tutorial is for my Mother in law’s Canon PowerShot SD630 camera, I can not guarantee it will fit other models or brands.
MATERIALS:
- 2 pieces of 6.25×4.25 inches (5.8×10.8 cm) one of each fabric for the body
- 2 pieces a little bigger than the body of lightweight interfacing (I use pellon 808)
- 2 pieces of 1.5×3.5 inches (3.8×8.8 cm) also one of each fabric for the strap
- Small piece of Batting( you can also substitute this with felt)
- Small piece of Velcro
PROCESS:
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1- First you will have to press the interfacing to back of the main fabric, in my case the red. |
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2- Sew the piece of Velcro an inch away from the edge of the body fabric, and the opposite piece to the center of your liner fabric for the stripe |
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3- Once you have the Velcro ready, face the fabrics and sew around it leaving one end open, so you can turn inside out. |
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4- Turn the piece inside out and it should look like this. |
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5- Sew around the edge and this piece is ready! |
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6- Fold both body pieces in half and sew the edge, leaving the Velcro close to the top on the main fabric. |
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7- Open seems and pull the fabric at one of the corners so that the side seam and the bottom seam are on top of each other. draw a line of about 3/4 of an inch. |
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8- Sew on top of the line and cut the extra. |
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9- Repeat steps 7 and 8 with the liner fabric. |
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10 – Fold the main fabric inside out and leave the liner like it is, now you need to cut a tube of batting or felt to put in between the fabrics, mine was about 3.25×6.25 inches (8.3×5.8 cm) and I sew on one end. |
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11- Place the batting inside the main fabric, push it down and then place the liner inside the batting, it can be kind of tricky but I used the same camera to fit everything inside and push equally – Fold the top both fabrics to the inside and pin. Add the stripe in between the fabrics and make sure both pieces of Velcro fit. |
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12- Sew around the edge and you are done, it should look something like this! |
I am very happy with the result and MIL loved it!
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Joy Kelley is a Chilean Designer. Wife. Crafter. IMac dependent. Pattern lover. Color obsessed. The girl behind the HowJoyful Design Studio. Mrs Poodle at Weddingbee.
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<3 HowJoyful? VERY JOYFUL!!! I love you Joy! and I love the camera case! Thank you so much! <3
Thank You MIL! I’m so happy you loved it! <3
So perfect and so cute! It’s a far cry from my overly bulky camera case from Target!
Yet another tutorial from your blog I have to bookmark.
That is so cute, and perfect for travel. Any chance we’ll see those in the etsy shop in the future??
I think that would actually be a cool idea, I will add some to the shop I will open in the blog soon
Thanks Cece!
LOVELY! Im so excited, I want to make one!
this rocks and i can’t believe how quickly you put it together!
What an awesome camera cover! I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-30-minute-camera-cover/2010/08/02/
–Anne
Thank you for linking Anne!
Hi, thanks for share your wonderful idea… i take your link for my blogg… I hope you visit
Bye
Daphne
Linda!!!
Adorei a idéia, vou tentar fazer.
Beijos muito grande.
Andréa
Brazil
Hello! I just found your blog – and am a new follower! My fiance JUST asked me not 30 minutes ago if I could make him a case for his MP3 player and BOOM I find your post. Haha!
So happy you fond it! I would love to see a pic of the one you make!
Thanks so much for this tutorial. You do so well outlining everything and have great pictures to go along with it! I linked this up to my blog: http://www.howjoyful.com/2010/07/camera-cover-tutorial/
I’ll be grabbing your button to! Thanks!
Sorry, this is the link to my blog. http://aworldofcrafts.blogspot.com/
You may want to check your measurements and conversions. This was simple and fun, but I had to make it twice because I did not test my camera fit:(. Thanks for the tutorial anyhow! <3
I guess I should have listed the model and brand of the camera I made this for, because obviously they are not all the same. I did add a note now so it doesn’t happen to anyone else, I am glad you liked it =]
Hey – I am certainly glad to find this. cool job!
Love this Tutorial…i’m going to try right now!
This really was easy to make!
Thank you for the tutorial, you can see my version of your camera case on my blog.
Your version looks lovely =] So happy you made it!
easy to make but really great!
I linked to your tutorial on my blog – thanks for sharing!
doro K.
Hi Joy, love your blog! I know my camera is definitely larger than your MIL’s so I have a question. Did you just add seam allowance and a little ease to the camera’s measurements to get your fabric measurements? Thanks! JenL
Hi Jen, actually I added the seam allowance plus the thickness of the camera, in my case it was an inch =] I hope that helps you! =]
Great tutorial! You’ve been featured on the Quality Sewing Tutorials blog.
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Thank you for the feature Jen! =]