NEED EMERGENCY HELP with Babylock Serger on Lycra/Spandex
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NEED EMERGENCY HELP with Babylock Serger on Lycra/Spandex baker_eliz 11-24-2005
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Posted by baker_eliz on November 24, 2005, 12:10 am
Hi. i bought a Babylock Evolve last year but have not had time to mess
with it until this week. i promised a friend i would hem a dress for
her, thinking i would have no problem. The dress is lycra/spandex. i
got the cover stitch to work beautifully with one problem: every time i
come to a seam to cross (side seams, front seam, back seam, etc.), the
presser foot bogs down and the stitch jumps over to the left, then
straightens out again once it is past the seam.

i've tried decreasing the pressure on the presser foot (every setting
between 1 and 5), pulling on the fabric as it comes out the back,
sewing fast, sewing slow, etc. The differential feed seems to be fine.

i'm about to pull my hair out. my friend is coming this weekend and i
don't have her dress ready for her.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
--elizabeth baker


Posted by melinda on November 24, 2005, 2:06 am
baker_eliz wrote:

> Hi. i bought a Babylock Evolve last year but have not had time to mess
> with it until this week. i promised a friend i would hem a dress for
> her, thinking i would have no problem. The dress is lycra/spandex. i
> got the cover stitch to work beautifully with one problem: every time i
> come to a seam to cross (side seams, front seam, back seam, etc.), the
> presser foot bogs down and the stitch jumps over to the left, then
> straightens out again once it is past the seam.

> i've tried decreasing the pressure on the presser foot (every setting
> between 1 and 5), pulling on the fabric as it comes out the back,
> sewing fast, sewing slow, etc. The differential feed seems to be fine.

> i'm about to pull my hair out. my friend is coming this weekend and i
> don't have her dress ready for her.

> Any ideas?

> Thanks.
> --elizabeth baker

Have you tried stitching the hem with the seams facing up?
I occasionally have this problem with cotton knit and running the
fabric through with the seams facing up (right side down) appears to
solve the problem for me.
melinda.


Posted by baker_eliz on November 24, 2005, 3:26 pm
Melinda, as the Babylock Evolve is a serger (sorry i didn't make that
clear), i don't see how this would work. Unless i'm missing something
here? i'm a newbie at this, so i could be.
--e


Posted by melinda on November 24, 2005, 6:57 pm
baker_eliz wrote:
> Melinda, as the Babylock Evolve is a serger (sorry i didn't make that
> clear), i don't see how this would work. Unless i'm missing something
> here? i'm a newbie at this, so i could be.
> --e

I think it may be that the foot is pressing the seam down too much into
the throat area for some reason turning things over with the seam
facing up helps. I only get this problem when working with stretch
fabrics though, for some reason rigids behave (almost) perfectly.
melinda.


Posted by Tiffany on November 26, 2005, 6:28 pm

melinda wrote:
> baker_eliz wrote:
> > Melinda, as the Babylock Evolve is a serger (sorry i didn't make that
> > clear), i don't see how this would work. Unless i'm missing something
> > here? i'm a newbie at this, so i could be.
> > --e
>
> I think it may be that the foot is pressing the seam down too much into
> the throat area for some reason turning things over with the seam
> facing up helps. I only get this problem when working with stretch
> fabrics though, for some reason rigids behave (almost) perfectly.
> melinda.

Elizabeth,
You're right as to the fact that you can't turn it upside down.
(Melinda- if she were only serging the edge, this would be fine, but
because she's cover stitching there is a specific top and bottom to the
stitch.) I've always had the same problem myself (I have a Viking 936)
but have always just dealt with it since I've only done it for myself,
not for friends. Giving more thought to your problem, though, I've got
some ideas you could try. Make sure that on the seam you're crossing,
the SA is folded one way on the dress, but folded the opposite
direction on the hem- so when the hem is folded up it minimizes the
lump that the SA's make. Another thing to try, though I've never done
this myself, would be to use a button reed or "hump jumper" just as you
would on a heavy jeans hem on a sewing machine. This would reduce the
pressure over the seam more than just adjusting your serger.

Hope this helps,
Tiffany


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