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Camera Cover Tutorial: Easy step-by-step tutorial

Take a look at this tutorial to sew a new cover for a small point-and shoot camera, with just a small piece of fabric and Velcro you can also make one if you need to!

camera cover tutorial

My Dear MIL lost her camera cover on her vacation trip to Hawaii a few weeks ago, 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 the fabric, and I got to work! It's a 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, but you can always adjust depending on the size of your camera.

Camera cover tutorial

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:

Camera cover tutorial


1- First you will have to press the interfacing to back of the main fabric, in my case the red.
 

Camera cover tutorial


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
 

Camera cover tutorial


3- Once you have the Velcro ready, face the fabrics and  sew around it leaving one end open, so you can turn inside out.
 

Camera cover tutorial


4- Turn the piece inside out and it should look like this.
 

Camera cover tutorial


5- Sew around the edge and this piece is ready!
 

Camera cover tutorial


6- Fold both body pieces in half and sew the edge, leaving the Velcro close to the top on the main fabric.
 

Camera cover tutorial


7- Open seems and pulls 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.
 

Camera cover tutorial


8- Sew on top of the line and cut the extra.
 

Camera cover tutorial


9- Repeat steps 7 and 8 with the liner fabric.
 

Camera cover tutorial


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.
 

Camera cover tutorial


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.
 

Camera cover tutorial


12- Sew around the edge and you are done, it should look something like this!
 

Camera cover tutorial

I am very happy with the result and MIL loved it!

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Macarena

Saturday 30th of August 2014

How joyful to find your blog, full of beautiful things and creative ideas, but my biggest surprise was to learn that you're Chilean :D I read about why you began blogging so you could improve you're English and let me tell you, your english's great ;) Saludos desde La Serena! Te seguiré en Instagram :)

Megan

Tuesday 18th of February 2014

I like this tutorial and have to try it out. :) I find the fusible velcro (the one you iron on) is easier to work with, rather than sewing. That way you can add it on last if you don't want to sew the velcro or have a hard time at sewing velcro onto projects. :)

Love this case! Can you try making one for cell phone? (It looks too big for a cell phone as is)

Jen of Quality Sewing Tutorials

Monday 19th of March 2012

Great tutorial! You've been featured on the Quality Sewing Tutorials blog.

We hand select only the best free tutorials and patterns for the home sewist.

Joy

Monday 19th of March 2012

Thank you for the feature Jen! =]

JenL

Monday 20th of February 2012

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

Joy

Tuesday 21st of February 2012

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! =]

doro K.

Wednesday 7th of December 2011

easy to make but really great!

I linked to your tutorial on my blog - thanks for sharing!

doro K.

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