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elizabeth_mnMy serger arrived yeasterday! Yay!
I haven't had a chance to view the instructional video yet, or even read much of the manual, but it arrived pre-threaded, so this morning after breakfast, I tried a few seams. (F very patiently sat with me and made happy, encouraging noises.)
I pulled out some cotton rib knit scraps and toyed with the differential feed to see what happened. It made a beautiful seam. Beautiful. Stretchy, flat, and it bounced back after pulling. I think rib knit is one of the hardest things to sew on a conventional sewing machine, so the serger has pretty much proven it can do what I wanted.
I do think I want to pick up a blind hem/flatlock foot. Maybe not the one designed for the machine ($30!) but a generic one. The blind hem in the manual looks great.
I don't think this will entirely displace my sewing machine, but I think I will be serging more than just knits.
I'll try to come up with a more complete review after I try out more of the features (and try threading it myself!).
I haven't had a chance to view the instructional video yet, or even read much of the manual, but it arrived pre-threaded, so this morning after breakfast, I tried a few seams. (F very patiently sat with me and made happy, encouraging noises.)
I pulled out some cotton rib knit scraps and toyed with the differential feed to see what happened. It made a beautiful seam. Beautiful. Stretchy, flat, and it bounced back after pulling. I think rib knit is one of the hardest things to sew on a conventional sewing machine, so the serger has pretty much proven it can do what I wanted.
I do think I want to pick up a blind hem/flatlock foot. Maybe not the one designed for the machine ($30!) but a generic one. The blind hem in the manual looks great.
I don't think this will entirely displace my sewing machine, but I think I will be serging more than just knits.
I'll try to come up with a more complete review after I try out more of the features (and try threading it myself!).
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Date: 2010-02-17 10:10 pm (UTC)One thing I will tell you from experience... if a thread breaks, you need to re-thread all off the lines in order. You can't just re-thread the one that broke. They work together in a specific order.
Have fun!
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Date: 2010-02-18 01:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-17 10:24 pm (UTC)