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03-12-2013, 04:35 PM
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Raise your hand if you love your serger .... 
Put it down if you love threading it ...
Thank goodness I have a Super Hero to help!
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Put it down if you love threading it ...
Thank goodness I have a Super Hero to help!
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03-12-2013, 05:38 PM
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I have 3 sergers. One is a Brother 929D, a pain to thread but it is a little work horse. Also has a sleeve arm on it, or removable piece so one can get to cuffs, hems for pants easily, etc. I love it, but it doesn't offer to many options.
Also have a Janome compulock, which sews like a dream. It will also do coverstich although, I haven't ever converted it to do coverstitch.
Hubby thought I needed a Pfaff and bought me the 4874. It is a bit intimidating in my book, just because of the many various ways in which to thread it for the various stitches. I don't like it near as much as the Janome. I think I have used it one time to make scrubs for my daughter. That's about all it's been used for.
For little projects my go to machine is either the Brother or the Janome.
Also have a Janome compulock, which sews like a dream. It will also do coverstich although, I haven't ever converted it to do coverstitch.
Hubby thought I needed a Pfaff and bought me the 4874. It is a bit intimidating in my book, just because of the many various ways in which to thread it for the various stitches. I don't like it near as much as the Janome. I think I have used it one time to make scrubs for my daughter. That's about all it's been used for.
For little projects my go to machine is either the Brother or the Janome.
03-12-2013, 05:46 PM
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Krystina, I have the same serger. I know it's a pain to thread and I avoid it as much as I can.
If I have to change thread color, I take a DEEP breath, cut all the threads leaving long tails
and I attach the new thread to the old thread. Switch tension to zero (don't forget to note
where your tension was LOL). Bring all the threads slowly through. Re-thread the needle,
don't forget to reset the tension, and you're done. Easy as pie. *yeah right* LOL
If I have to change thread color, I take a DEEP breath, cut all the threads leaving long tails
and I attach the new thread to the old thread. Switch tension to zero (don't forget to note
where your tension was LOL). Bring all the threads slowly through. Re-thread the needle,
don't forget to reset the tension, and you're done. Easy as pie. *yeah right* LOL
03-12-2013, 05:52 PM
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That's the way I always thread the serger. The part I have trouble with is getting the tension right. I say the reason serger thread spools are so big is because it takes so much to get it right.
Originally Posted by EasyPeezy
Krystina, I have the same serger. I know it's a pain to thread and I avoid it as much as I can.
If I have to change thread color, I take a DEEP breath, cut all the threads leaving long tails
and I attach the new thread to the old thread. Switch tension to zero (don't forget to note
where your tension was LOL). Bring all the threads slowly through. Re-thread the needle,
don't forget to reset the tension, and you're done. Easy as pie. *yeah right* LOL
If I have to change thread color, I take a DEEP breath, cut all the threads leaving long tails
and I attach the new thread to the old thread. Switch tension to zero (don't forget to note
where your tension was LOL). Bring all the threads slowly through. Re-thread the needle,
don't forget to reset the tension, and you're done. Easy as pie. *yeah right* LOL
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