Another finished project

I am so excited! This weekend I finished 3 projects... wahoo!! I was on a major time crunch for two of them....but one has a little time before I give it away.

Yesterday was the birthday of one of my favorite people! She is a nurse that I work with and I am so thankful to have her to turn to on rough days! Besides being a nurse (and all around fabulous person), she also has a photography business called Shutterbug. So when thinking about what to make for her birthday, my mind immediately went to cameras! I had seen a few tutorials for a camera strap cover...so that was a given. I even tricked her into bringing her camera to work just so I could make sure she had the kind of strap that matched the tutorial (he, he, he).

As for what would go with that, well I thought about making an applique of a camera on a tote bag. That, unfortunately, did not work...so I had to drop back and punt and go onto plan B... a screen print. The screen print didn't turn out like I had hoped and it took two attempts to get my pattern to go through. But Vikki is so great, I know she will love it anyway!

Camera Strap (mid-project). I followed this tutorial and it was super easy!

I was actually very proud of my camera drawing.

Nope folks, I didn't trace... it's ok to be impressed :)

To do the screen printing, I followed this tutorial. It didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped. Maybe it was a little more difficult because I was trying to print on canvas. As I figured out with this project, everything seems more difficult with canvas!

Finished print

I even added a side pocket to the tote, which buttons over the top. I got this idea out of a Martha Stewart magazine. I really love it because the button gives you a way to sort of keep the top closed.

Finished and matchy-matchy :)

Hopefully the strap will fit!

With these projects, I learned:

button holes

screen printing (well...sort of learned)

working with interfacing

Next project reveal coming soon!

Happy Monday and happy birthday Vikki!!!!