Being friendly with the sewing machine

One of the things I would really like to do this year is become better friends with my sewing machine.  We really only have a passing acquaintance at best.  Each October we come together for a passionate affair of costumes and when it is over we part and don't meet again until the following year.  I am constantly finding great little tutorials all over the Internet and I dutifully save each link with my little mantra of someday I'll make this.  Well this year I am attempting to actually chip away at some of these projects.  I have organized my favorites with a folder for each month of the year and I am putting in little projects to try and accomplish in each month.  I have given myself a maximum of 4 sewing projects a month, I'm hoping that by keeping my expectations of myself fairly low I can be truly dazzled at my industry :)

My first project is a camera strap.

 It is removable so easy to keep clean but the best part by far is the little pocket sewn onto the strap just big enough to hold my lens cap.  I am forever misplacing my lens cap.  It has been rescued numerous times from a back pocket of my jeans before being loaded into the washer.  Under sofas, on benches in the backyard.  When I saw this little tutorial I thought 'wouldn't it be nice to have a little pocket like that?'

 So I finally plucked up enough courage and made one.  Yes I know it looks like I am fabulous at sewing  :) but actually my seam ripper and I have a love affair of our own going on.  Don't worry the tutorial is simple, my comprehension drops a lot when I have to read sewing instructions.

  Voila....

Tutorial found here.  Super easy and fast.