Cargo Duffle / Camera Bag

I showed you how I dressed up my camera strap in this post. Next up I wanted a snazzy handmade bag to carry around my equipment.  

I chose the Cargo Duffle by Noodlehead, this is a free pattern.  I laid out the measurements of the bag and hoped it would be the right size, even if it wasn't I knew I wanted to make the duffle, and it would be used.  

I chose Mochi Dot by Momo and a Paula Nadelstern print for the exterior and waxed canvas for the bottom gusset and sides.  I like to use waxed canvas on the bottom of bags so I don't have to worry about setting them down on the ground.  

Here is the Etsy shop where I purchased the waxed canvas.

The two exterior panels finished

If you want a crinkly aged look to your canvas you just wad it up in a ball and squish it around to get the wrinkles

I used waxed canvas on the pocket flaps and also around the cotton webbing I used for the handles.  I think the waxed canvas wears better than quilting cotton for handles.

I used a different color Mochi Dot for the back of my cargo duffle

I did add some quilting lines to the bottom gusset, I don't usually add quilting to the waxed canvas, but I had a seam I wanted to hide.  If quilting the waxed canvas, space the quilting lines further apart than you normally would

The Cargo Duffle is a bit larger than I thought for a camera bag - but I remedied that by adding smaller bags and pouches for my lenses, charger, and miscellaneous supplies inside the duffle.

This pattern does not have a lining, but there are several blogs on line who have added a lining.  I didn't add a lining to mine, the interior is canvas.  I used fusible fleece as my batting and added D links to the side so I can make a detachable longer handle for over my shoulder.  The only other thing I added was a strip of velcro on each side interior for padded dividers for my camera equipment.  

Keep Calm and Quilt On!

Mary

Camera Strap

I've had a DSLR for six years - and I bought it used, so it was approximately 10 years old.  This camera has served me well on vacations, family gatherings, holidays.  I have been wanting to upgrade for a couple of years, but didn't want to spend the money when I had a perfectly good working DSLR.

And then the camera froze up while in the delivery room after the birth of my granddaughter.

This is what she had to say about that:

Grandma, get it together!

Informing my very patient better half via text that a camera had been ordered - 

Preparing for the camera by reading the manual (I'm all the way to page 60! of something like 400 - 

and of course preparing to make a camera strap, because everything needs pretty clothes

 Scraps from my Fields quilt 

Because I am a scrap hoarder, I keep all the scraps left over from finished quilts, just in case I need them for something like a camera strap.

Ironically taken with my iPhone

I measured the length and width of the webbing portion of the strap that came with the camera and sewed together scraps

Added fusible fleece to the back of each strip

The fit was tight, I should have allowed a little extra for slipping the strap through, but now I'm glad it fits tight so the handmade strap cover doesn't move around.

(once again taken with my iPhone)

And then I very bravely trashed the rest of the scraps from Fields 

Next up, handmade Camera Bag!

Keep Calm and Quilt On!