Advice Concerning a Serger
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,451
I do have a 5 thread serger, that I am terrified of! I have taken class, class and class............either it is possessed or I am. How does an appliance know what way I thread it I ask? And move the needles also adjust the tensions........my friend can look at the stitch and know which thread to adjust the tension on. I don't have the vision to recognize a poor stitch, one must be flexible and I guess I am not. And I am so disappointed because I really wanted to learn the rolled hem...............I guess never ending owners classes is what I need. Calla
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Last edited by calla; 09-07-2014 at 07:15 AM.
#22
Just sayin', not arguing, My 10 year old sewing machine will do all the things listed here...I'm not crazy about the overlock stitch, but I don't wear my clothes wrong side out so it doesn't matter that the seams don't look precisely like store bought clothes
#23
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Eagle River, Alaska
Posts: 147
I own a Viking 910 serger--didn't feel I needed the cover stitch--have used it for making clothes and edging around fleece & flannel baby blankets--have made quite a few pairs of fleece socks with the ladder stitch, haven't used any of the various accessory feet. I used it to make Kay Wood's 6-hr quilt. Wouldn't be without it. Mine has the windows that tell you how to set the machine up--I had a Riccar years ago and hated always testing the stitches--even when I wrote them down they would be different for different types of fabric, thread, etc.
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