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Originally Posted by kathidahl

You go girl!! keep practicing with the gathering foot..it took me a while to get the hang of it. Sewing knits is a breeze with the serger. A good thing to do is make yourself a little book of the different combinations of stitches and fabrics using examples you then label with the settings you used. You can use that for a resource as you work on different projects and want to achieve different looks and results. Different fabrics react differently tho the automatic tension is fabulous. My other machines did not have that and I really appreciate it.

Interesting. The serger instructor and the shop owner both told me to do the same thing. I haven't really done it. Oh, I've kept my practice pieces and written on them in ball point... what the settings were. I guess I should get a notebook and staple them in there... Hum i'll go dig one out tonight. Thanks for the encouragement...

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Originally Posted by kathidahl

Ah so...I think I will keep my combo of Imagine and coverstitch machine. I do not want to have to do all that switching around when I want to do a cover stitch hem in the middle of my project. I am intrigued with the decorator stuff you can do with the Evolve. I bet you end up doing some neat things with your quilting projects. Check out the Yahoo group for Babylock sergers.

Yes... I can see where it would be practical to have two different machines, and it seems lots of folks do, esp. if their livelyhood/business is in sewing. The combo stitches are more interesting than practical... at least to me right now. Oh and thanks for the heads up on the Babylock yahoo group site...

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Originally Posted by kwendt

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Originally Posted by kathidahl

I use a photo album and just slip the samples in the holder pages.

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Originally Posted by Dayken

I have never had a serger before but I recently got an embroidery machine and it seems like a serger would go well with the projects I embroider. Like towel, tableclothes, etc. Do any of you use a serger to do quilting? I don't know if I really need a serger so I'm asking your opinion on how you use your serger. Thanks for your help.

I have had a serger for years to use with clothing construction and home dec. Wouldn't be without one. Don't use it on quilting. Makes seams too bulky.

If I'm going to wash my fabric before cutting it, then I'll serge the ends first so it doesn't ravel. I make mostly Art Quilts, so don't wash my fabric, usually. I mainly use it for finishing seam edges in clothing or making rolled serged hems on napkins and formals.

i use my surger for seams when I make aprons and other things besides quilts.

When I first got my serger (which I didn't even ask for), I used it to repair all of my towels. I haven't had it out of the box for years now, because the last time I had it out, I couldn't get the tension right. I wonder if it needs a tune up. I really need to repair towels again! I probably wouldn't use it too much in quilting.