And Now For Something Completely Different

[Undeadzombiehunter]

So I needed a padded camera bag that would protection my DSLR and lenses but also wanted a soft-ish messenger bag, and thought I could make one that serves both purposes.

Firstly I made a canvas tray/carry thingy. It is heavy canvas encasing 6 mm close cell foam and al velcro assembled to maximum rearranging.

Based on those dimensions I made a messenger bag using some drum dyed blue 2 mm leather lined with cotton Dusk, and a thin layer of bamboo wading.

Man I learned a lot about fabric, binding and other none leather stuff.

The Seiko STW-8B (Consew 226r) performed perfectly. Maximum sewing was 7 layers of 2mm leather, with one layer of wadding and two layers of cotton duck. For that max part I did have to remove the presser foot and basically operated as a needle feed for that 5 inches or so.

The bag is over size, I contrasted the blue with saddle tan, wrapped the strap under the bag and stitched through for maximum security, the camera is heavy and expensive.

When not carrying the camera the liner can be simply lifted out and I have a large messenger bag.

I finished it off with a "tree-of-life" concho.

I know the colors might not be to everyones taste, but I had the blue side and nothing else to do with it..

I think the mopst interesting challenge was the internal binding, it looks a little rough, but only God is perfect right?

Design on the fly is a lot of fun, and I have learned a lot about my new sewing machine. I love it.

Any comments would be most welcome.

Cheers All, Tony

[MonicaJacobson]

I was thinking of making a camera bag, but you just talked me out of it. WAY too much work. Regardless, it's a really cool bag! I love the mixed color leathers.