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!

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.

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:

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

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
 

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

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

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

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

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.
 

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

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

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.
 

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.
 

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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