Serger Thread: Why Four Cones and Which Weight
The serger arrives, you open the box, and the first thing you notice is that the four cones on the …
Sergers
Sergers and overlockers without the mystique. Threading order, differential feed, coverstitch, and which one to start on.
Serger Skipping Stitches and Loops: What to Check
The serger was fine last week. Today the stitch has a gap in it every inch or so, or one …
Serger Needles: Which Ones Fit Your Machine
You break a serger needle on a Sunday, walk into a craft store, and stand in front of a wall …
Serger for Knits: Differential Feed Explained
You sew a t-shirt shoulder seam on the serger, lift the foot, and the seam has come out longer and …
Coverstitch or Serger: Which Hem You Want
You finally serged the side seams of a t-shirt and it looks like something from a store. Then you get …
Air Threading Sergers: What the Extra Cost Buys
Somebody at a class shows you their serger, drops a thread end into a little port, presses a lever, and …
Serger or Sewing Machine: What Each One Finishes
The question usually arrives as a choice, and it is not one. People ask whether they should buy a serger …
Serger: What It Does That Your Machine Cannot
You finish a t-shirt on your regular machine, turn it inside out, and the seam allowances are already fraying. You …
Serger for Beginners: The Easiest Ones to Thread
Ask around before buying your first serger and you will hear the same warning from three different people: it is …
Threading a Serger Without the Panic
There is a line that turns up in serger reviews often enough to be a genre of its own: everyone …
Do You Need a Serger: Five Signs You Outgrew It
Every sewing group has the same thread running through it. Somebody asks whether they should get a serger, twenty people …
Brother 1034D Review: The Serger Everyone Starts On
Walk into a community sewing class that covers sergers and there is a good chance the machine on the table …