Basic Stitching Techniques for a Homemade Camera Bag

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Candi Cane Canncel with Expert Village. So the next step is actually pinning together our pieces to create a really fun unique camera bag. So you take your two pieces, the body of your camera bag, and you figure out where the center point it. All you do is fold it in half, and put a pin in there. Do the same for the other side, and pin that. Then you're going to take your side, do the same. And this you want to pin on both sides. So you line up the body of your bag, with the sides, right sides, to right sides, and then you pin. And when you get to the corner, this piece is actually going to turn around and come upward. So you make a little corner, and then you pin up the side. And you are going to get a little pleat in the corner and that's fine. Just make sure to pin it very securely. Then you do the same to the other side. Here you can see we actually made our side panel a little bit longer, so you can just go ahead and trim it. It's better to start off with a longer piece to give you more fabric to use for pleats on the sides than it is to have a shorter piece. So when you have a one side pinned, you're just going to come to the other side and do the exact same thing. Once you have it pinned, you're ready to sew. "