My New Handmade Camera Case!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I am so excited to show you the new camera case I just made for the amazing gift Fred just gave me!

He has been searching for a very beginner SLR camera for me to learn so I can spend time with him on photography field trips!

He found a used Nikon D-40 on Ebay for a great price, and it is perfect for me!

I can even use some of his lenses on my camera and he can always use my camera as a backup if he needs one!

He is so sweet!

He smiled when I told him I have a surprise to show him too...

The new padded camera case I just made to protect my new camera!

I think he is very relieved that I did not get him a set of crochet hooks to share my favorite craft too! :)

I made up the design from some 1" high density foam scraps I bought at Joann Fabrics for $4 and some fabric from my stash!

This is the finished box complete with little fabric covered foam bumpers to hold it tightly in place.

Here is how I made it...

I cut the high density foam into 7 pieces...

bottom:
one 7" square

sides:
two 7" x 3" rectangles
two 5.5" x 3 rectangles

small bumper dividers for the lens

two 3" x 1.5"

I wrapped the foam like little gift boxes with the dot fabric & hand sewed it into place. 

Then, I placed them on a 24" square piece of red fabric with an inch of space between them.

And although my little drawing does not show it very well, the top few inches of fabric was folded flush with the top of the foam rectangles to provide a nice edge to whip stitch the top of the box to the foam pads during finishing.

To get rid of extra fabric I did not need in the corners of the box, I cut squares out of the corners of the 24" bottom fabric square.

Finally, I folded up the sides and whipped stitched everything together into a solid box.

Ta Da!

To carry around my new camera box, I pulled out a knitted bag I made in 2006 and shoved it in!

I am so excited that it works perfectly to hold it as my new camera bag!

Isn't it FUN?

Tomorrow I will show you the results of my first photo shoot with Melanie's little bird, Ollie!

He was the perfect little model!

xoxoxo

Melissa