The serger is a an exciting advancement of the regular sewing machine. It sews differently " faster, stronger, better.Hand sewing was slow and arduous.
The ordinary sewing machine makes a locked stitch. Sergers on the other hand, make overlocking stitches and chain stitches. Sergers overcast the edge of the fabric, while seaming and trimming.
What kinds of things can you do with a serger? A whole bunch. In many cases, sew faster, easier, better than an standard sewing machine. Sergers do not replace standard sewing machine, but they certainly enhance them.
All regular sewing machines loop pretty much the same, but sergers are distinctively different. Sergers are more boxy with no large openings. They have more needles, more tension assemblies, and loopers instead of bobbins and hooks.
The most popular sergers today are described as 3-4 thread sergers. This implies that the serger uses up to four cones of thread at one time. Other sergers may have any number from two through eight cones of thread depending on its configuration. Sergers are used to produce chain stitches, overedge stitches, flatlock stitches, wrapped stitches, rolled edge stitches, and safety stitches with varying numbers of threads. Sergers are best known for their utility stitches, however, they also offer a wide range of exciting decorative stitches.
The more you learn about sergers, the more you understand all the amazing things you can do with them. Make your own endless list of projects you can do with your serger, and do not forget about home decorating, clothing, crafts, bags, and even hats. Your serger can do so many different operations like zippers, waistbands, tucks, shirring, placket work, piping, neckbands, lace, hems, gathering, and edging.
How do you get the best from your serger? Discover all about it. Read your users manual. Learn the parts of your machine. Take serger classes. Join a serger club. Read serging books. Use your serger. Practice.
See the needles and loopers while you turn the hand wheel toward you. With the serger all set up to serge, open the front and side covers and watch what happens. The needles come down through the fabric drawing their threads. They reach the bottom of their movement, and start up again. At this moment, look carefully just behind the needles. You should see thread loops formed in the scarfs of the needles.
Continue to watch the action of the needles and two loopers as you continue to rotate the hand wheel forward. What do you see? The lower looper picks up the threads from behind the needles and carries them to the right. Then the upper looper picks up the threads from the needles and lower looper and wraps them around the stitch finger to produce an overedge stitch. The serger continues to sew a seam, wrap the edge of the fabric, and trim in a continuous chain of stitches.
You can take full advantage of your serger, if you will find out how it works, use it often, and diligently care for your machine.
Originally posted 2009-03-25 06:25:22. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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