Pam M
I found out the hard way that it is MUCH easier to cut out the sweater pieces, then serge them. I tried it the other way and had too many puckers/wrinkles. A HUGE mess!
I cut the sleeves out of the sweaters, then the shoulder seams and underarm seams, laid them flat and cut them out....
Had NO problems with the sweater squares and rectangles I cut without any stay stitching. I did handle them very carefully. If you had a REALLY loose knit, I could see a problem, but I did not use any of those.
I still have two totes full of rectangles/squares that are cut out and serged.
Best to use 4 threads to serge the edges....
I did not use any batting--those sweater pieces are warm and HEAVY!