Originally Posted by TanyaL
I bought the Babylock Imagine in August and I haven't stopped using it since. I made several clothes for my GD and now I am making placemats and napkins for Christmas gifts. Some are quilted and edged with the serger, some are machine embroidered and edged with the serger and some are just reversible and edged with the serger. I love the edging the serger does so much more than the binding that I had to do before I bought the serger. It looks so much more professional. Having the serger to sew clothes with cut the sewing time by about 3/4! I'm also making some silk scarves for the young women on my gift list. Very simple. 2 yds of silk for $30 will make 3 scarves and I can put a rolled hem on them in minutes. Very pretty and inexpensive gifts and so much easier than using my rolled hem attachment on my sewing machine. I had heard remarkable things about what the differential feed would do on the serger and now I can say that it is all true. I wouldn't want to try to sew anything at all with out doing all I could on the serger. It's like the difference between cleaning your carpet with a broom or a vacuum! If you've always used a broom then you don't understand the difference a vacuum will make. The same is true about sewing with a good serger.
Amen. I have the same machine :) Since you have been making napkins and placemats......Have you tried this???? Cut two circles of two different fabrics. They should be bigger than a dinner plate as it will be a napkin...wanna cover that lap! Place them wrong sides together and just serge all around it using a decrative thread. (Pearl Crown Rayon, Wooly nylon, Designer 6, hummmm gold metalic would be nice. Now fold it almost in half so that you can see both fabrics, (play with this a little until you get the result you like best) fold the sides in, so it is now sorta cone shaped. Wala, it looks like a Christmas tree! Fun for the holidays. One more thing, You can take some of the same fabric and again cut it in a circle and mod podge it to the back of a clear glass plate. An emery board will clean up the edges. Looks cute with the napkins.