Serger 101: Lets All Gather Together

April 29, 2010

This is my hands down favorite serger trick….at least today it is.  Gathering!  I am the mother of 3 girls which means that my life involves lots of ruffly things.  Even accessories and embellishments are gathered.  Everything from the pillows on their beds to the hem of skirts have ruffles on them.  And lets not […]

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Serger 101: Differential Feed

April 27, 2010

I tried to think of a cute title, but I couldn’t do it. Down to business.  Differential feed.  I said you really did need this little function, now I’ll show you one (or two) reasons why.  I use this adjustment all the time.  I didn’t have it on my first serger and wow, it makes […]

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Serger 101: Heads or Tails?

February 24, 2010

Lets start with the facts.  A serger does not go backwards.  This is significant because you cannot secure your seams with a back-tack, as with a sewing machine.  Its a paradigm shift.  Nothing too complicated, but it is there. To be perfectly correct, a serger will go backwards, but its not designed to.  The knife […]

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Its almost Valentine’s Day!

February 10, 2010

I still have scraps of fabric.  If I let them sit, they will be here for a long, long time.  Like at least until next year.  We can’t have that, right? Remember this treasure?  We are going to use it again.  Mainly because I love it. We are going to add some of this.  Notice […]

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Serger 101: Tension, oh the tensions!

February 8, 2010

Four threads. So much fun! Yes, it really is. Tension from tensions is common at the beginning, but its all in the perception.  Its really not that hard, its not brain surgery or even rocket science. I call it Ying and Yang. One cannot exist without the other and they must balance each other out […]

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