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Posted by Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH on June 8, 2009, 9:54 pm
Olwyn Mary wrote:
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> All in all, I think I'll let this pass by. It was only a passing
> thought, I have never really felt the need for a serger (I only sew for
> myself) and I would have no idea what I was looking at. Nowhere on the
> web have I been able to find a review of this machine, so I think I'll
> just keep my money in my pocket for the moment.
*pouting, wishing that a serger like that would show up at that price in
my neighborhood*
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Posted by FarmI on June 9, 2009, 3:38 am
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> All in all, I think I'll let this pass by. It was only a passing thought,
> I have never really felt the need for a serger (I only sew for myself) and
> I would have no idea what I was looking at. Nowhere on the web have I
> been able to find a review of this machine, so I think I'll just keep my
> money in my pocket for the moment.
Olwyn Mary, once you have a serger, you'll wonder why you waited sooo long
to get one. (Provided of course that you take the time to learn how to use
it and to thread it correctly)
I waited till I 'officially' retired before I bought one and now I think how
silly I was to waste all those years and all those years of sewing and at a
time when I really did do some power sewing.
I too now tend to only sew for myself with the odd foray into sewing for the
grandkids, but even for sewing for myself and for domestic crud sewing, I
couldn't be without it.
One example - we have 3 dogs and live on a farm and of course the dogs are
treated like child substitutes and spend an inordinate amount of time inside
(usually on the lounge in the family room).
They're filthy little brutes - always down rabbit holes or digging in my
garden or rolling in a nice smelly dead kangaroo carcase and coming in
looking inordinately pleased with themselves. The dogs need lots of towels
and I have found the serger to be THE best tool to keep the dog towels in
some semblance of decency. All the faffing around to cut the ragged bits of
fraying towels with scissors and turn an edge on a standard sewing machine
just never happened, but the serger.....
I love it and use it all the time - more so for doing domestic crud I
suspect than I do for sewign my own clothes.
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on June 9, 2009, 6:21 am
Olwyn Mary wrote:
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> Emily Bengston wrote:
>
>> Like Joanne said, all sergers are built by 3 companies; I know Elna is
>> made
>> by the same one who builds the Pfaff. I have had 3 Pfaffs and all were
>> excellent machines; now I have a BabyLock and it is of the same quality.
>> As for learning to use one, I bought a book at a nation-wide bookstore
>> that
>> had all the info I needed to operate mine.
>> If you wish, I can post the name of the book tomorrow, it's in the other
>> room and I can't get to it tonight.
>> Emily
> All in all, I think I'll let this pass by. It was only a passing
> thought, I have never really felt the need for a serger (I only sew for
> myself) and I would have no idea what I was looking at. Nowhere on the
> web have I been able to find a review of this machine, so I think I'll
> just keep my money in my pocket for the moment.
>
> Thanks anyway for all the replies,
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
>
If you are doing lined and tailored things, or you love felled seams,
pass it by. If you do a lot of knits, want to make your own swimsuits,
use volumes of stuff that frays where felling is inappropriate, go for
it. I couldn't live without my two. That said, I have just completed
two projects with NO serging on them, and am embarking on a third.
However, the serger will come into its own again later in the week on
some toiles and the prospect of a child's dance costume.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Pogonip on June 9, 2009, 3:21 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> Olwyn Mary wrote:
>> Emily Bengston wrote:
>>> Like Joanne said, all sergers are built by 3 companies; I know Elna
>>> is made
>>> by the same one who builds the Pfaff. I have had 3 Pfaffs and all were
>>> excellent machines; now I have a BabyLock and it is of the same quality.
>>> As for learning to use one, I bought a book at a nation-wide
>>> bookstore that
>>> had all the info I needed to operate mine.
>>> If you wish, I can post the name of the book tomorrow, it's in the other
>>> room and I can't get to it tonight.
>>> Emily
>> All in all, I think I'll let this pass by. It was only a passing
>> thought, I have never really felt the need for a serger (I only sew
>> for myself) and I would have no idea what I was looking at. Nowhere
>> on the web have I been able to find a review of this machine, so I
>> think I'll just keep my money in my pocket for the moment.
>> Thanks anyway for all the replies,
>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
> If you are doing lined and tailored things, or you love felled seams,
> pass it by. If you do a lot of knits, want to make your own swimsuits,
> use volumes of stuff that frays where felling is inappropriate, go for
> it. I couldn't live without my two. That said, I have just completed
> two projects with NO serging on them, and am embarking on a third.
> However, the serger will come into its own again later in the week on
> some toiles and the prospect of a child's dance costume.
>
Don't forget that rolled hem edge that turns a remnant into a
tablecloth, table runner, napkins, scarf, anything that would be
dynamite with a finished edge that looks absolutely professional.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on June 9, 2009, 4:58 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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>> If you are doing lined and tailored things, or you love felled seams,
>> pass it by. If you do a lot of knits, want to make your own
>> swimsuits, use volumes of stuff that frays where felling is
>> inappropriate, go for it. I couldn't live without my two. That said,
>> I have just completed two projects with NO serging on them, and am
>> embarking on a third. However, the serger will come into its own again
>> later in the week on some toiles and the prospect of a child's dance
>> costume.
>
> Don't forget that rolled hem edge that turns a remnant into a
> tablecloth, table runner, napkins, scarf, anything that would be
> dynamite with a finished edge that looks absolutely professional.
Frankly, I loathe and despise that "rolled hem edge", which is neither
rolled nor professional looking in my view. I grew up with a bunch of
older female relatives who considered serged edges to be a sign of
"cheap, factory made", and I guess I caught it from them. If I want a
rolled hem, I'll do it properly. I don't make my own swimsuits, and I
was taught "sewing with knits" years ago, shortly before sergers came
onto the home market. If I am making, say, a pair of twill pants and I
think the cut edges might fray, a simple row of machine stitches or a
zigzag along the edges takes care of that.
Just my two cents.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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> thought, I have never really felt the need for a serger (I only sew for
> myself) and I would have no idea what I was looking at. Nowhere on the
> web have I been able to find a review of this machine, so I think I'll
> just keep my money in my pocket for the moment.