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Posted by Juno on February 27, 2008, 4:09 pm
Juno wrote:
> Sharon M Hays wrote:
>> Juno wrote:
>>
>>> Do you know how to put an elastic waistband in with the
>>>> serger? That's super easy too. If you don't know, I will gladly tell
>>>> you
>>>> how I do it. I think that would work just fine with this project.
>>
>>
>>> Haven't done that yet. A tutorial would be very welcome. Thanks Sharon.
>>> Juno
>>
>>
>> OK. Here's what I do. I use 1" wide elastic. (I don't like any wider
>> than
>> that; uncomfortable to me.) I cut the elastic 2" less than the waist
>> measurement. (However, if she has no hips and is an energetic little
>> monkey, you might want to cut that 3" less.) Then overlap the cut ends
>> about 1" and stitch (I use 3 step zig zag top and bottom of the lapped
>> portions) to form a circle. Now, use the lapped portion as the CB. Fold
>> the elastic to find the CF, and both sides. Mark those with pins.
>> I have used 3 threads and 4 threads to do this. Either seems to work
>> fine so
>> however you have the serger set up will do. Disengage the blades. You
>> don't want to cut through the elastic. Also, you don't want the
>> serger set
>> for a rolled edge. Turn your differential feed to the highest
>> setting. On
>> mine, that's "2." I tend to think of that as "most scrunched" for the
>> bottom fabric. ;)
>> Turn the skirt wrong side out. Find the CF, CB, and both side seams
>> of the
>> skirt. Line up the matching points from the elastic and slide the elastic
>> ring over the skirt. Pin those points. Trust me, you won't serge over
>> them, but you will need them to keep everything aligned. Pretty important
>> to keep the cut edge of the skirt aligned with the edge of the elastic
>> too.
>>
>> You will be serging with the right side of the fabric against the feed
>> dogs. Start at any one of your 4 points. Pull that pin, and slide
>> that point
>> under the presser foot of the serger. Drop the presser foot down
>> (this is
>> one of the few times I actually raise the presser foot before I
>> start.) Then set your needle(s) all the way down. Now you are going
>> to stretch the
>> elastic taut between where you are starting and the next pinned point.
>> Only the elastic, not the fabric. Usually once you pull the elastic
>> taut,
>> it stretches out to about the same as the fabric. Then just start
>> serging.
>> You should be overcasting the fabric and the elastic. The differential
>> feed will scrunch the fabric down to the size of the elastic. When
>> you get
>> close to the next pin, stop, pull the pin, grab the elastic at the next
>> pin, pull taut, start serging again. Keep going till you're back
>> where you
>> started. ;)
>>
>> Then I carry it back to my sewing machine. I fold the elastic down so
>> it's
>> covered by the fabric on the inside of the waist. Then holding taut at
>> those same 4 points, and working with the right side of the fabric
>> against
>> the feed dogs, I carefully stitch it down.
>> Now, here's the super sneaky tricky part that is essential. Go steam the
>> elastic. And I do mean STEAM. That allows the elastic to really snap
>> back
>> to it's original length. But don't ever use old elastic that's been
>> sitting around a long time. It won't recover it's original length.
>> BTDT. :(
>> Once you get the hang of it, and it really is easy, this will go Fast! I
>> like this method a lot. Much faster than feeding through a casing. If
>> any
>> of that doesn't make sense, let me know.
>> Sharon
>> ---
>> Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys
>> the
>> pig.
> Sharon, Thanks for the help. I've printed it out and will practice today.
> Juno
Sharon,
I've been working on your method to put elastic into a waist band. I
find that by dividing the elastic and skirt in 8th it works better for
me.It sure as heck beats pulling elastic through a casing. I hate doing
things that way.
Juno
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