I have a large camera bag for my DSLR, but wanted something smaller, yet still supportive to travel with, for an upcoming trip to Iceland. I knew I was going to carry a backpack around everywhere, so I customized an insert to fit my backpack using felt, fleece, and filling.
Here's how, in pictures:
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| some materials |
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| round felt cover to fit on top of the lens cap |
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rectangles and circles of fleece and felt
to make a case to fit the lens |
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| felt and fleece cylinder pouches to make lens case/cover |
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cylindrical case to fit over the lens
fleece inner, felt outer. wrapped around felt. |
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| two-layered felt bag, ready to stuff with polyester filling |
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| sewed lines across the bag for quilted effect, and to evenly distribute stuffing |
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| filling the bag with polyfil stuffing |
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| filled pockets |
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| using a safety pin to fit the fleece to the stuffed felt bag |
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| fleece lining of bag |
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two layers of protection - lining fleece along the inside of the felt padded bag
(inside-out bag pictured) |
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completed camera insert, with camera (lens on) and extra lens.
bag closes with velcro and slides perfectly into the bottom of a backpack |
Keep exploring, keep creating.
<3 Mandy
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