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Totally not an absolutely necessary item........but who needs necessary?!?!
Good grief, give me some COLOR.
Okay, it is practical to put those scraps to some good use though. Less waste........ ;)
Do you have a camera with a plain 'ol neck-strap?
Want some thing new?
All you need is scraps of fabric, interfacing, thread, and a sewing machine.
My camera strap is for my Canon digital SLR. I decided to only cover the webbing part and actually use the whole strap itself. I didn't cut the strap apart at all and didn't find new hardware to make a whole new strap. That would have been too much work, right? ;)
So I measured my strap from one end of the webbing to the other, not including the leather on each end. Mine measured 1 3/4 inches wide by 23 1/2 inches long. I doubled the width (so it can cover the front and back) and added 1 inch for seam allowances (1/4 inch on both sides plus a little breathing room and the thickness of the strap). Then I added and inch to the length to give a 1/2 inch to tuck under at each end.
So my exact measurements including seam allowances were 4 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches.
Then I cut out a variety of scraps that were at least 4 1/2 inches wide but were all different lengths. I sewed them all together but just made sure that the final sewn-together-strip was 24 1/2 inches long. Make sense?
Now, iron your strip flat and then iron on some fusible interfacing.
Then, sew your strip together lengthwise, right sides together.
Turn right side out and iron, with your seam on the back.
Then put a safety pin on one end of your strap and thread it through your cover.
Tuck one end under about a 1/2 inch.
You'll be sewing right under the leather section (if your strap looks like mine) so that you don't have to sew through leather. See right where the pin is? The webbing section below the leather is pretty easy to sew through.
Do the same to the other side, tucking enough of the leftover fabric under to make the strap smooth.
Now, re-attach your strap and shoot in style.
Good grief, give me some COLOR.
Okay, it is practical to put those scraps to some good use though. Less waste........ ;)
Do you have a camera with a plain 'ol neck-strap?
Want some thing new?
All you need is scraps of fabric, interfacing, thread, and a sewing machine.
My camera strap is for my Canon digital SLR. I decided to only cover the webbing part and actually use the whole strap itself. I didn't cut the strap apart at all and didn't find new hardware to make a whole new strap. That would have been too much work, right? ;)
So I measured my strap from one end of the webbing to the other, not including the leather on each end. Mine measured 1 3/4 inches wide by 23 1/2 inches long. I doubled the width (so it can cover the front and back) and added 1 inch for seam allowances (1/4 inch on both sides plus a little breathing room and the thickness of the strap). Then I added and inch to the length to give a 1/2 inch to tuck under at each end.
So my exact measurements including seam allowances were 4 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches.
Then I cut out a variety of scraps that were at least 4 1/2 inches wide but were all different lengths. I sewed them all together but just made sure that the final sewn-together-strip was 24 1/2 inches long. Make sense?
Now, iron your strip flat and then iron on some fusible interfacing.
Then, sew your strip together lengthwise, right sides together.
Turn right side out and iron, with your seam on the back.
Then put a safety pin on one end of your strap and thread it through your cover.
Tuck one end under about a 1/2 inch.
You'll be sewing right under the leather section (if your strap looks like mine) so that you don't have to sew through leather. See right where the pin is? The webbing section below the leather is pretty easy to sew through.
Do the same to the other side, tucking enough of the leftover fabric under to make the strap smooth.
Now, re-attach your strap and shoot in style.
25 comments:
If I had a camera that required such a strap, this is the way to go to make it cute! But alas, I don't...although now I'm thinking I should just cover my existing Guitar hero guitar straps, rather than attempt to make something new... Thanks for the inspiration!
I wish I had a camera to put that cute strap on! Love it!
Too cute! I have a strap for my SLR but I took it off as it is black with a bright yellow NIKON across it...but now I can fix that!!
Thank you! I have been seeing cute straps all over and been wanting one. Woo hoo! Now I can make my own in the colors I want!!!
Cute!! You are so clever.
Thanks for the tutorial. I was JUST thinking of how ugly my camera strap is and I was thinking of how I could fix it... and here's your nifty post =D
Love it! Thanks for the tutorial. One quick question - would it be easy to take the cover back off if I were to sell my camera and want to offer the original (unscathed) camera strap? Thanks! danicanelson1{at}gmail{dot}com
Danica.....funny you ask that because that's kind of why I did it the way that I did. I didn't want to cut it or anything in case I ever wanted to upgrade. And in the webbing, I don't think you'll ever be able to tell. Just pick it out and it should be fine. At least with mine that's how it seems. I'm not sure what you have but stick s needle in it a few time to see if you can still see holes.
Hope that helps. :)
My sister-in-law said that she would teach me how to get this done because I love it. I am just not very brave when it comes to the sewing. :) Anyways....just a thought but you should do a tutorial on those way cute straps for your keys! I really need one! :)
This is much much cuter than my spiderman lanyard strap that I have attached to mine.
All I can say is YOU ROCK! Love this!
That is awesome! I have been wanting to buy one for my mother and me, but now I don't have to. Thanks!
~Heather
Hello!
I really like your how to. I was wondering if I could translate it in French and add it to my list of how to as explained in my french post (http://www.petitcitron.com/index.php/form_howto.html)
Of course, your website would be quoted and there would be a link!
Thank you,
Perrine
Wow, it's gorgeous! You always have the most beautiful photos in your tutes, love that! I'll be linking.
Now why didnt I think of this?!!! Sweet! Thanks for the idea!!!
Charlene
Love it!1 I can't wait to make one for my SLR!! Thanks for sharing. It'll be so much cuter now :)
I LOVE THIS!!!! I am totally going to make it when I get my new camera!!! Thank you for posting!
really nice, I always have problems with my camera but this idea could be solve them.
come on my blog and let me know what you think.
Sonia
http://scrapcowando.blogspot.com
I managed to find time to make one of these this past week! Thank you for a great tutorial! :)
I found your blog a while back and bookmarked it. Today I had some free time and decided to look through your ever growing list of tutorials. WOW! lots of cool stuff! I am so doing this one for my Canon. Now all I need to do is find some lovely fabric scraps to make it all colorful. Thanks for sharing.
So I finally tried this out today and it came out alright but for only my second sewing project it came out pretty good! Thanks so much for tut, I adjusted the size and followed your steps! Great tut Ashley!
Just came across your blog and wanted to thank you for sharing all your wonderful projects! I too am mom to 2 little ones, so time is of the essence, I plan on making myself a camera strap and maybe a couple for christmas gifts as well.
Totally love it!! I just got done making mine! I am a photographer and I feel like I just added more personality to what I do!!!!
I want to make one of these for a friend, but I don't have interfacing on hand and I don't really want to go buy any. Is it very necessary? Do you think it would look alright without one or does it make a pretty big difference?
You really don't have to....it just helped stiffen it up. However, you could use 2 layers of fabric, that would help stiffen it up a bit too! Good luck!
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