Hey Everyone, Thursday’s originally scheduled Quick Tip has been postponed until next week. My husband had a two day shoot and he took MY lights. So, I didn’t get as much done on the Ponte pockets experiment as I had hoped… Plus my husband borrowed his friend Mike’s Steady Cam. The strap on the carry case was in bad shape. So, I decided to fix it for him 
Here’s how I did it.
The first step was to treat the frayed edges of the strap with Fray Check. I liberally applied it along the edge, letting it soak in and dry.
Here’s a close-up of the edge after I treated it with Fray Check.
After the Fray Check dried, I trimmed off the frayed threads along the edge of the strap
Next I used my seam ripper to take off the binding. I started about 2″ in front of the frayed edge and took it off all the way to the end that was sewn into the top of the carry case. I inserted the blade that has the little red ball on it between the strap and the binding and slid the seam ripper along to cut the stitches. If I had tried to pick the stitches out from the right side, I probably would have caught the webbed surface of the binding (making more of a mess).
After I got the binding off, I pinned the edges together and stitched them using a triple zig-zag. This is the zig-zag that actually takes three short straight stitches in each direction as it zigs and zags. It’s an excellent “darning” stitch… Perfect to reinforce the edge of the strap before putting the binding back on.
Then I pinned the binding back into place.
Initially, I used a straight stitch to sew the binding back on. I had to catch all the layers (both sides of the binding and the edges of the strap). I did a pretty good job.
But, just to be safe, I used the triple zig-zag for added security. I stitched half on and half off the binding. Up at the top of the strap, near where it was sewn into the carrying case, I needed to use a hand needle because I couldn’t go all the way with the sewing machine. First I stitched through using a running stitch. Then I went down the edge of the binding using a whip stitch (stitching into the strap and binding).
Here are the final results… I think Mike will be happy (My husband was
Anyway, if you have any questions about this repair, please let me know. I’m off to Titusville FL tomorrow for a two day workshop…. I love these ladies, super excited to get down there. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I’m flying back late on Monday, so I’ll see you for Quick Tip Thursday next week!