Tutorial – Applying a Slide Adjuster

Slide adjuster is sort of a buckle that gives you an option to adjust a bag's strap - if you want it to be longer or shorter. It looks like this:

I made the strap for the tutorial with 2 fabrics, 2 sides, so that the directions of the strap will be clear.

To make an adjustable strap, you will need a very long strap strip, much longer than the usual length of the strap. You will also need a shorter strap. AND a ring. You can choose it yourself, but remember that it's best to use a ring that is in the same size as the slide; same meaning, it will have to fit the strap's width, like the slide:

1) Make the strap pieces (2 of them – one short, one very long. Remember? I made it a little bit too short for the tutorial itself, so ignore it):

2) Take the ring and bind the short strap around it. Then sew the edge so that the ring won't be able escape. These seams won't show later, so make sure to sew it close to the edge:

There you go:

3) Now the longer strap, the main strap.
The slide has a bar in the middle. Slide the strap over the bar, through the ring of the shorter strap, and continue on, back to the slide:

When getting to the slide, slip the end of the strap in, under the already there strap part, over the bar (wrong side up), and fold the end inwards:

4) Now stitch this part as well:

5) And that is all! Now you can attach both ends of the strap to the bag, just like any other regular strap!