diy leather camera case

A couple weeks ago I made myself a camera case. I had some leftover leather from a segment I developed for Martha and was so in love with its fleshy pinkish color that I needed a permanent place for it in my everyday life—protection for my camera was the perfect solution for its use.

I layered a strip of leather with a thin piece of cotton batting and a patterned piece of cotton fabric for the liner. The batting adds a bit more padding to help protect my only treasured electronic and the fun patterned liner adds a sweet surprise when my camera is removed.

I folded the layers of fabric inside-out and sewed up the side on the sewing machine to create a snug pocket for my camera when flipped right-side out. I left a little bit of excess leather where the opening would be. Originally, I cut the fabric planning for a flap, but wasn't feeling it once it was stitched up. I trimmed the flap off but left about a half inch of leather on the end, like I did on the other top edge. I folded the top leather edges over and with white glue, glued them down, covering the ends of the cotton batting and fabric to make the exposed top edges clean.

So far, so good. It protects and is super easy to remove the camera so I don't miss those crucial photographic moments. I love how the leather has molded around the lens too!