Ruffled Camera Strap

Inspired by THIS tutorial on how to make a camera strap cover, I got out my scrap fabric and tried to make my own version (minus the rosettes). I didn't measure and just sized up my scraps to my camera strap-I would NOT recommend doing this as it ended up taking a lot longer to complete and I did run into a few hiccups.....lesson learned: always measure, then cut. Here are a few photos of my project along the way:

Here are the scraps I chose. The very top one is actually a piece of thin cotton

batting that I wanted to used to pad the back side of the strap.

I wanted the part of the camera strap that would be resting on my neck to have a little padding, so I quilted my batting scrap to the fabric I wanted to use for the back of my strap.

 A close up of the quilting:

 Just like the tutorial said, the hardest part was turning everything right side out!

Here is a few shots of the finished product:

A new project....

This week I have been testing out a few felt flower tutorials that I found on pinterest with the goal to make some headbands for a newborn. I ended up NOT liking how large the flowers were turning out-they would have been great for a toddler, but I was looking for something much more dainty. So I ended up modifying the patterns and even created a felt flower all my own design.

Here are the instructions for a sweet little two-toned flower I made (it's the little purple flower in the photo above):

What you will need:

1. Felt. I went to Michaels and bought the cheapy 9"x12" felt craft sheets. You will need 2 different colors for the flower itself and then a green for the leaves.
2. Pen and paper for making your template
3. Sharp scissors
4. Needle and thread or a hot glue gun
5. Plastic pearl, button, or other embellishment for the center of your finished flower.

I chose to sew my flower together because I wanted the plastic pearl I used as the center to be secured to the flower.

This flower was so fast and easy and I love that it won't be over powering. I ordered some skinny elastic that I plan to sew this flower onto to make a headband. Please remember that these felt flower can be choking hazards so you should never let a child/baby wear it without supervision.

Feel free to make and sell flowers from this tutorial, but please link back or credit my blog.