In Love With My New Serger!
12-23-2011, 01:12 PM
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lived in San Diego now retired in Eagar, AZ.
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For those that want to know about winding crochet thread to use on your serger......I use empty spools that I have saved for this purpose. I just watch a tv show and wind the crochet thread on the empty spools. It just feeds better when you do this. Oh and you only need to do this for the loopers. Just use regular thread for the needle.
Also congrats on the new machine. I love mine as well!
Also congrats on the new machine. I love mine as well!
12-23-2011, 01:24 PM
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada
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Your new serger
I also have a Babylock serger & know exactly how you feel. I used to have Singer's Quantum 5 thread serger & it was an absolute nightmare to thread, especially the 4th & 5th Lower threads. OMG the Babylock is a dream. Here in Canada they are VERY pricey but I got it on sale & they took my Singer as a trade so I saved a few $'s there.
I still mostly tie my threads on but the option of threading itself is a dream come true, especially for those of us who are getting older. Good luck & I hope you love it as much as I love mine. Congrats.
I still mostly tie my threads on but the option of threading itself is a dream come true, especially for those of us who are getting older. Good luck & I hope you love it as much as I love mine. Congrats.
02-25-2012, 04:53 AM
#15
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Location: Behind my sewing machine
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I just found a Serger at the Consignment store and talked them down to 60.00 - it looks like it has bearly been used. its an Elna 614. It seems to have everything. Once I finish my quilt that I need to finish...I will try and figure this out. I would love to hear how others use your Sergers. I wish I had someone that I knew locally that uses one. This should be interested to try and learn. It does look like it may take a while to learn and master.
02-25-2012, 07:08 AM
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 493
I agree! I bought mine used on ebay about 7 years ago - it was several years old then and I am still in love with it. It is an IMAGINE and I have never had one bit of problem with it.
11-30-2019, 06:54 PM
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2019
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Question for you, would love input
Awhile back, I was looking for empty thread spools to wind cotton crochet thead onto so I could use it in my serger to edge baby blankets. Well, I received some spools and proceeded to wind the thread onto them. My serger was always pretty finicky, but went on strike with the thick thread. So I took it into the repair shop to see what was the matter. While there, I was just browsing at the new BabyLock sergers and fell in love at first sight. They offered me a great trade-in for my old serger, and since I had a little $$ stashed away for a rainy sewing day, I treated myself to an early Christmas present. I have to tell you, it is like night and day. It threads itself and handles the heavy thread without even a single adjustment. I am in sewing heaven...Now I just need some new grand-babies to make blankets for!
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