Serging satin fabric to prevent fraying- advice needed

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Serging satin fabric to prevent fraying- advice needed MSMenagerie 08-26-2005
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Posted by MSMenagerie on August 26, 2005, 1:54 pm
I was wanting to serge the edge of some satin fabric to prevent it from
unraveling so badly as I use it place customers' handstitched items on
adn then roll up until I can get to them. I tried doing a rolled edge
on it with one size 9 (Singer) needle in the right hole and my upper
looper loosened to 5 and lower looper tightened to 7. I set the serger
(White Superlock 2000ATS) to "R" for rolled edge and diff. feed to .7
with a stitch length of 2.5 and cutting width of 5. Now the results
looked OK and I was folding the fabric getting ready to put it away
when I noticed the serged edge was coming off in place. I had actually
cut the fabric by needle going in so frequently.
Could anyone help me with settings or an approach outside of just
folding and stitching the edge normally?? Thank you.


Posted by MSMenagerie on August 26, 2005, 2:29 pm
I will also be making a pillow with some of this type of fabric, will
it pull apart at the stitched seams??? What would be a way to
stabilized it to prevent this? Interfacing?


Posted by Kate Dicey on August 27, 2005, 5:05 am
MSMenagerie wrote:

> I will also be making a pillow with some of this type of fabric, will
> it pull apart at the stitched seams??? What would be a way to
> stabilized it to prevent this? Interfacing?
>


For edging for work cloths like this, there's no need to roll the edge.
Just use a 4 thread overlock and a smallish stitch and leave it at
that. If you MUST roll the edges, try a wider cut and a slightly longer
stitch.

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Posted by MSMenagerie on August 28, 2005, 10:36 pm
Kate,
I just had to tell you I had the best time visiting your website, it
was informative as well as entertaining! I spent several hours there
reading through things and was very disoriented thinking how far away
you actually are when I felt like I had just met you. Weird thing this
internet! Makes the world even smaller. Thanks to both of you for
writing in to help.
Wish I had someone locally like you to pester! Sonya


Kate Dicey wrote:
> MSMenagerie wrote:
>
> > I will also be making a pillow with some of this type of fabric, will
> > it pull apart at the stitched seams??? What would be a way to
> > stabilized it to prevent this? Interfacing?
> >
>
>
> For edging for work cloths like this, there's no need to roll the edge.
> Just use a 4 thread overlock and a smallish stitch and leave it at
> that. If you MUST roll the edges, try a wider cut and a slightly longer
> stitch.
>
> --
> 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!


Posted by Kate Dicey on August 29, 2005, 6:08 am
MSMenagerie wrote:
> Kate,
> I just had to tell you I had the best time visiting your website, it
> was informative as well as entertaining! I spent several hours there
> reading through things and was very disoriented thinking how far away
> you actually are when I felt like I had just met you. Weird thing this
> internet! Makes the world even smaller. Thanks to both of you for
> writing in to help.
> Wish I had someone locally like you to pester! Sonya

Ah, the nicest thing about the internet is that I *am* just next door,
and you can pester me any time! :)

Glad you liked the site.
--
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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