camera strap....true grit.

so at the beginning of the year, i got a fresh tablet and started over with my blog notebook. i draw pictures and make lists of all the things i want to do..write down any ideas i have...my ongoing list of things to buy at joanns...things of that nature....

and i was thumbing through it and realized that 75% were sewing projects.

wait.

when did this become a sewing blog?

i mean i've always sewed....just as much as i hot glued....and painted....and cut vinyl..

but when did it become the majority of what i did?

so i decided to get back to my name roots...

and make one of the things on my list...hot glue style....

cause really...you don't need a sewing machine to read this blog (you probably DO need a sense of humor though)

the supplies:

 (sidenote: i bought my husband a "hunting" camera so he wouldn't borrow mine...and now here i am borrowing his.  and truth be told..his little ashton kutcher camera is awesome. i might have to confiscate it permanently)


okay...take you camera strap and measure it...then cut a piece that is about 3 times as big...(mine is about one inch...so i cut a 3 inch piece of fabric..(and cut it about 1 inch longer than the length of your strap)

you are going to "hem" the edges with hot glue.....

you just need to do the two ends and ONE of the long sides....

then you take your strip...and right at the ends you are going to hold in place.....(notice that the unhemmed side is down first)

then you are going to add a little strip of hot glue (to the fabric only..NOT YOUR CAMERA STRAP)

 and then lay the finished hemmed edge down over it (tightly) and hold it in place until glue is set.

and continue down the strap.....

now...you can stop here....

BUT. i like ruffles. so let's add one.....

i cut 4 strips that are a teensy bit smaller than my strap....

i hot glued the end of the fabric to the end of the covered strap (this is the side with the seam..so the ruffle will cover it)

and then ruffle...and i tried to take pictures...but you can't really get an action shot when one hand is on a camera...

so here's a short and sweet video....

(ignore the manicure...and the gross glue gun..i have two glue guns..one for pictures and one for use)

but you should get some....

and that's all! you can just cut it off when you want to replace it! (nothing should be glued to the actual camera strap!)

so go and glue some crap!!!!