I love Serging: May 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

My Serger Has returned Home!!!

I picked up my serger last week. However, I have not unpacked it from it's shipping box. Yes, I had kept the box (don't ask me why) and the quilt shop asked if I had it as it was the safest way to send it to Baby Lock. I looks like I need to keep boxes for my expensive purchases. Now I need to figure out how to keep them in a minimum of space.

I have some serger projects at are on my UFO list. These will be among the first projects to work on as well as the robe with real fabric that I planned on after my Serger Boot Camp class. Since the robe made out of the muslin I buy by the bolt fits well I think I can go ahead and use the fabric that my co-worker gave me as a retirement gift. I cannot wait to get to it and then show it to Helen.

Have a great day.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Serger is still at Baby Lock for repairs

I haven't heard anything from my local quilt shop about my serger. I am going to stop by today and see if they have had any news.

Have a great day.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

When will my serger come home?

I found out yesterday that the serger was just shipped out on Monday. Oh when will my serger come home?
Have a great day

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Serger Boot Camp is over and my serger is back at Baby Lock with a tension issue.

I had a great time at Serger Boot Camp. We learned how to adjust our machines with various adjustments to the stitch length, stitch with the type of stitch and differential feed. We made many examples to staple into the text book. After class it was determined that my serger needed an annual service. Not only that but there was something wrong with the tension discs. The machine repair man tried everything and called

The shop was having a class on the Thursday after Boot Camp to learn how to make a robe in three different lengths. Betty, the teacher, was extraordinary with her help and oversight of our projects. I was tentative about sewing on "the good fabric" and had brought a bolt of unbleached muslin. When I was finished it fit perfectly. Now I have to wait for my serger and make the robe from the good fabric.
Keep on serging.

Serger Tips I have learned

2010-03-20 -- Always thread your machine with the new colored thread. Do not be lazy and knot the new thread to the old thread and pull it through. If you break a thread you will save time because you know how to thread your machine.
2010-03-20 -- Make the ends of the thread long enough to cut in half leaving half from the machine and half on the sewn item.
2010-04-17 -- Make sure to lower your presser foot before sewing.
2010-04-17 -- Weave the ends of the thread after sewing a seam into the stitches of the seam to make sure the stitches do not ravel.
2010-11-20 -- if you are serging a continuous edge around your project cut into the fabric the same amount as the width of the stitches. When you come to the end of your serging you will not have some stitches look uneven.
2010-11-20 -- When you are serging a project that has curved corners as you approach the curves change the tension slightly so the stitches will be looser.
2010-11-20 -- When you are serging over the previous stitches and do not want to serge off the side stop sewing and with the pressure foot down pull on the needle threads until you have about 3 to 4 inches of thread off the spools. Then lift the presser foot and pull the fabric back from the pressure foot. Now drop the pressure foot down and serge between the project and the pressure foot until you have a long enough piece of serged thread to cut and leave half on the project and half on the needle.
2013-05-22 -- Save the box you took your serger home in. If it needs to go back to the manufacturer for repairs it is the safest packaging to ship the serger in.
2013-06-29 -- Keep all of your serger tools with the machine. If one of the tools is useful in a different area of your sewing room buy another.

I love Serging