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I am so excited to share with you my tutorial to make and up-cycled sweater camera strap cover!
I am always up for a good challenge, so when Steph from Crafting in the Rain extended the opportunity to participate in her series “Make a Splash” I was totally game. The concept is that she will give us a secret supply item, and we have to make something that includes that item. I love it!
This time, I found a great cable knit sweater at a local thrift store. I decided that my horribly ugly and even more horribly uncomfortable camera strap needed a makeover! I am beyond excited with the result!
Here is how I made it!
Items Needed:
- Sweater
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun/Glue Sticks
- Scrap Fabric
- Measuring Tape
- Straight Edge (yard stick or fabric ruler)
I started out by measuring my camera strap and then measuring the sweater to make sure it would fit. Good thing with sweaters is that they stretch fairly easily! Luckily mine was long enough (I picked up a size Medium and it worked great!)
I cut out one of the “cables” of the sweater that boasted a pretty pattern. One of the edges of the sweater was the hem along the bottom so I left that as is. The opposite edge I simply folded over and hot glued creating a finished hem to the appropriate length of my camera strap.
I also cut a scrap piece of fabric the same size as my camera strap. I laid the sweater right side down on my counter, and then topped it with the scrap piece of fabric. Since I cut the fabric the size of my camera strap I used this as my guide to fold the edges of the sweater over the scrap fabric and glued with hot glue forming a nice straight seam.
Next I slipped my camera strap through the new cover! The longest part of this project was getting my camera strap BACK ON MY CAMERA! Seriously! I kept getting it twisted! Sheesh!
What will make your camera strap cozy? Why a soft cozy sweater of course!!! I just love it! I am thinking of adding a few rosettes or even a little pocket for my lens cap out of some more of the sweater!
I think I will make one in multiple colors! I love how comfortable (and cute) it is now!
Head over to Steph’s blog today to see all the other amazing projects from sweaters!
(The pictures are kind of funny because I had to take half of them with my cell phone! It’s hard to photograph your camera! )
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I love this, it’s so cute!!
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I totally love this idea! I’m going to be making one myself!
Super cute! I just signed up for the challenge too. I can’t wait to see what item I get to work with!
I’d love for you to share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2012/01/pinteresting-party-week-24.html
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Haha that’s great! (Hope the sweater wasn’t too expensive though) great idea – Just going to sign up now.
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Oh my word! I LOVE this. It seems only appropriate that a camera strap would need to get “winterized” too with something cozy like a sweater strap! Gorgeous pics. Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
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Great idea! I have a naked camera strap dying for a coverup! Come share this great idea at my new link party! http://www.dwellonjoy.com/2012/01/dwell-on-fridays-two.html
Would love to see you there!
Wow! I love this idea:) And you blog. I am your newest follower:)
Really cute!
That is soo cute! And Cozy!
Creative idea! The strap looks really comfortable.
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What a great idea!! I’ve been itching for a new cover and have more fun sweaters than I know what to do with. Now I know my next project!! Thanks for sharing.
Terrific idea! I never use my camera strap because it’s so uncomfortable. I’m going to have to keep an eye out for sweaters next time I go thrifting!
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Awesome! I have old sweaters and my darn camera strap is a BUGGER! I would love it if you stopped by to share this at my linky party going on right now:)
http://too-much-time.com/2012/02/diy-craft-link-party.html
I love your camera strap cover! I featured it on my TT&J FB page :)
xoxox
Jen
Good job. Love the sweater!
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Brilliant idea! I saw that Tatertots and Jello shared this idea on FB…. I am off to do the same! This is so simple and super cute! Thank you.. I am also a new follower! -Jen
Cute idea! Saw you featured at It’s Overflowing. I’m getting a DSLR this week!! Maybe I’ll find time to make a new strap cover for it ;)
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So cute! I featured this on my blog today!!
Fantastic! I think I will be making this soon, thanks for the inspiration :)
I just got a new camera for Christmas and need a strap badly! Uh, now I know what my next project is!!! Thank you so much for sharing at my first ever linky party :)
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